Deprecated APIs ↩
This page collects all the deprecated APIs and their suggested replacement.
Robofab vs FontParts
A ton of stuff changed while moving from robofab to fontParts. We have an entire page dedicated to that: RoboFab vs. FontParts APIs
DialogKit
| Deprecated | Replacement |
|---|---|
dialogKit.Button |
vanilla.Button |
dialogKit.PopUpButton |
vanilla.PopUpButton |
dialogKit.List |
vanilla.List |
dialogKit.EditText |
vanilla.EditText |
dialogKit.TextBox |
vanilla.TextBox |
dialogKit.CheckBox |
vanilla.CheckBox |
dialogKit.HorizontalLine |
vanilla.HorizontalLine |
dialogKit.VerticalLine |
vanilla.VerticalLine |
dialogKit.GlyphLineView |
mojo.UI.MultiLineView |
dialogKit.GlyphView |
mojo.glyphPreview |
RoboFont Misc
| Deprecated | Replacement |
|---|---|
GlyphViewDisplaySettings |
setGlyphViewDisplaySettings |
*showUI |
*showInterface |
mojo.events.BezierDrawingTool |
mojo.events.DrawingTool |
buildAdditionContectualMenuItems |
buildAdditionContextualMenuItems |
DecomposePointPen |
from mojo.pens import DecomposePointPen |
mojo.drawingTools.dashLine |
mojo.drawingTools.lineDash |
EditIntStepper |
EditStepper |
SliderEditIntStepper |
SliderEditStepper |
AllFonts(*sortOptions) |
AllFonts(sortOptions=['familyName', 'styleName']) |
Smart Sets
| Deprecated | Replacement |
|---|---|
SmartSet |
mojo.SmartSet.SmartSet |
addSmartSet |
mojo.SmartSet.addSmartSet |
removeSmartSet |
mojo.SmartSet.removeSmartSet |
getSmartSets |
mojo.SmartSet.getSmartSets |
setSmartSets |
mojo.SmartSet.setSmartSets |
updateAllSmartSets |
mojo.SmartSet.updateAllSmartSets |
selectSmartSets |
mojo.SmartSet.selectSmartSets |
RoboFont FontParts Extension
| Deprecated | Replacement |
|---|---|
font.generate(useMacRoman=True) |
useMacRoman argument has been removed without replacement |
font.guides |
font.guidelines |
glyph or font.removeGuide() |
glyph or font.removeGuideline() |
glyph or font.clearGuides() |
glyph or font.clearGuidelines() |
glyph or font.addGuide() |
glyph or font.appendGuideline() |
point.type = offCurve |
point.type = offcurve |
point.type = onCurve |
point.type = oncurve |
Image.box |
Image.bounds |
Contour.selection |
Contour.selectedPoints |
Glyph.layerName |
Glyph.layer.name |
Glyph.getGlyph(glyphName) |
Glyph.font[glyphName] |
Glyph.selection |
Glyph.selectedPoints |
Layer.setDisplayOption(key, value) |
Layer.setDisplayOption({key: value}) |
Font.showUI() |
Font.openInterface() |
Font.UIdocument() |
Font.shallowDocument() |
Font.box |
Font.bounds |
Font.setColorForLayer(layerName, (r, g, b, a)) |
Font.getLayer(layerName).color = r, g, b, a |
Font.getColorForLayer(layerName) |
Font.getLayer(layerName).color |
Font.getLayer(layerName).setDisplayOption(option, value) |
Font.getLayer(layerName).setDisplayOption({key, value}) |
Font.compileGlyph(...) |
glyphConstruction |
Font.templateSelection |
Font.templateSelectedGlyphNames |
Glyph.preferredSegmentType |
No replacement, RF4 supports both cubics and quadratics in the same glyph |
Defcon
| Deprecated | Replacement |
|---|---|
defcon.pens.reverseContourPointPen |
from fontTools.pens.pointPen import ReverseContourPointPen |
ufo2fdk
| Deprecated | Replacement |
|---|---|
ufo2fdk.pens.t2CharStringPen |
from fontTools.pens.t2CharStringPen import T2CharStringPen |