This example shows a little script template for applying a function to a set of fonts.

The interface contains a simple list which accepts drag & drop of UFO files, and a button to apply a function to all the files.

To customize the script, add your own code to the doThing() class.

import os
from AppKit import NSFilenamesPboardType, NSDragOperationCopy
from vanilla import Window, List, Button


action = 'Do Thing'


class doThing:

    def __init__(self, path):

        f = OpenFont(path, showInterface=False)

        # do something here
        print(f.info.familyName, f.info.styleName)

        # f.save()
        f.close()


class getListofFiles:

    supportedFontFileFormats = ['.ufo']

    def __init__(self):

        L = 0  # left
        T = 0  # top
        W = 600 # width
        H = 300  # height
        p = 10 # padding
        buttonHeight = 20

        title = action + ' To These Files'
        self.w = Window((W, H), title, minSize=(W/3, H/3))
        self.w.fileList = List(
            (L, T, -0, -(p * 2 + buttonHeight)),
            [],
            columnDescriptions=[
                {"title": "?", "width": 25}, # status
                {"title": "Files", "allowsSorting": True}], # files
            showColumnTitles=False,
            allowsMultipleSelection=True,
            enableDelete=True,
            otherApplicationDropSettings = dict(
                type=NSFilenamesPboardType,
                operation=NSDragOperationCopy,
                callback=self.dropCallback),
            )
        self.w.open()

        buttonText = action
        buttonPos = (p, -(p + buttonHeight), -p, buttonHeight)
        self.w.button = Button(buttonPos, buttonText, callback=self.buttonCallback)
        self.w.open()

    def buttonCallback(self, sender):
        for path in self.w.fileList:
            doThing(path['Files'])
            path['?'] = '✅'

    def dropCallback(self, sender, dropInfo):
        isProposal = dropInfo["isProposal"]
        existingPaths = sender.get()
        paths = dropInfo["data"]
        paths = [path for path in paths if path not in existingPaths]
        paths = [path for path in paths if os.path.splitext(path)[-1].lower() in self.supportedFontFileFormats or os.path.isdir(path)]
        if not paths:
            return False
        if not isProposal:
            for path in paths:
                item = {}
                item['?'] = '⚪️'
                item['Files'] = path
                self.w.fileList.append(item)
        return True


try:
    getListofFiles()
except:
    message = 'well shit'
    os.system(f'say "{message}"')

Contributed by Jackson Cavanaugh (Okay Type)

Last edited on 01/09/2021