Import

[davelab6]

• The Number 4 feature is importing a binary-format font into the editor

Let's start with OTF only for now

[YashAgarwal]

Both OTF and TTF are imported in Trufont using

extractor.extractUFO(file_path, self.main_font)

I'm can't figure out what should be given in the path variable
if I use file_path = "./<name>.ttf" it doesn't work

I tried this outside sugar and works just fine

[davelab6]

What is the full path of the TTF?

[davelab6]

file_path = "NotoSerif-Regular.ttf" might work

[YashAgarwal]

@davelab6 the .ttf file is in the main activity folder together with the ufo files (which I can access with file_path = "<name>.ufo" using defcon)

[davelab6]

What is the error?

https://github.com/sugarlabs/Flappy-Birds/blob/testing/scorescreen.py#L47 suggests it will work without ./

[YashAgarwal]

This is working now, but only if the file_name is hardcoded.
I don't know what FILTER_TYPE to use in the Objectchooser Dialog for loading a ttf/otf font file.

[davelab6]

@YashAgarwal what is the status of this?

[davelab6]

@eliheuer in the same way that kidpix isn't photoshop, I wonder that perhaps we should not enable import and only allow editing UFOs (potentially even UFOs with a flag to show they are compatible with Edit Fonts activity...)

[davelab6]

Next action is to add a button to the welcome screen for 'import' that uses the Extractor python library to convert an OTF or TTF to a UFO

[davelab6]

Reopening to ensure we track answering the questions in #84 :)

[YashAgarwal]

Here is the Import function in action!

I this I have to set the filter to Anything before selecting any file so can I set the filter to Anything or to a mime type for otf or ttf in the code itself
I don't think sugar has any .otf or .ttf mime type incorporate, but I'd be happy to be wrong on this

[davelab6]

Reopening to confirm