Batch import SVG glyphs to FontForge and create TTF

Here is a Python script to batch Import SVG glyph files into FontForge and create TTF font automatically. Get FontForge first and install it.

Save this script as import_svg.py in the same folder there you have SVG-files.

On Windows:

• run C:\Program Files (x86)\FontForgeBuilds\fontforge-console.bat
• navigate to the folder with your SVG-files using 'cd <FOLDER_PATH>'
• Run Python script by using "ffpython import_svg.py"

# Batch Import SVG glyph files into FontForge and create TTF # Get FontForge first and install it.. # On Windows: # run C:\Program Files (x86)\FontForgeBuilds\fontforge-console.bat # navigate to the folder using 'cd <FOLDER_PATH>' # Run Python script by using "ffpython import_svg.py" import fontforge, os, pathlib str1=os.getcwd() str2=str1.split('\\') n=len(str2) fontname = (str2[n-1]) uzer = os.getlogin() font = fontforge.font() # new font font.encoding = 'UnicodeFull' font.version = '1.0' font.weight = 'Regular' font.fontname = fontname font.familyname = fontname font.fullname = fontname svgFilePaths = pathlib.Path().glob("*.svg") index = 41 for p in svgFilePaths: dec = p.stem.split(" ", 1)[0] print(dec) glyph = font.createChar(index, dec) glyph.importOutlines(str(p)) index += 1 font.generate(fontname + ".ttf") # Extra code to create JSON for Iconion

# (not neccessary, remove from here if you don't need it):

author = ' "author": "'+ uzer + '",' link = ' "link" : "https://sysnimda.blogspot.com/",' nejm = ' "name" : "'+ fontname +'"' fontnejm = ' "font" : "' + fontname +'.ttf",' lines = ("{","\n",author,"\n",link,"\n",fontnejm,"\n",nejm,"\n","}") filename = fontname + ".json" f= open(filename,"w+") f.writelines(lines) f.close()