Image Presets

A RoboFont extension that provides an interface for creating image presets, and menus in the glyph editor to apply them.

Placeholder image credit: Boston Public Library via Unsplash

Installation

Download and double-click the .roboFontExt file in the Releases section to install manually, or get it via Mechanic2.

When installed, the ImagePresets window becomes available from the Extensions menu.

Usage

• Open the Image Presets window
• Create a preset using the add button below the list
• Open the glyph editor
• Place an image
• Apply the preset > by right-clicking on the image if it is not locked, or right-clicking anywhere in the glyph view > select Apply Image Preset then select your preset's name in the submenu

Available settings

Those available on image right-click in the glyph view:

• Brightness
• Saturation
• Contrast
• Sharpness
• Color: red, green, blue, alpha

Scripting

API - imagePresetsLib

The extension API is accessible in the RoboFont environment through the imagePresetsLib module once the extension finished loading.

WIP: write the detailed documentation

Subscriber events

ImagePresets posts the following Subscriber events when changes happen through the extension UI or API:

imagePresetsManagerWillAddPreset

When a preset is going to be registered.

The info dictionary contains:

• preset: The Preset object that is going to be registered.

imagePresetsManagerDidAddPreset

When a preset was just registered.

The info dictionary contains:

• preset: The Preset object that was registered.

imagePresetsManagerWillRemovePreset

When a preset is going to be removed.

The info dictionary contains:

• preset: The Preset object that is going to be removed.

imagePresetsManagerDidRemovePreset

When a preset was just removed.

The info dictionary contains:

• preset: The Preset object that was removed.

imagePresetsManagerPresetChanged

When a preset changed.

The info dictionary contains:

• old: The dictionary representing the previous data of the Preset.
• new: The dictionary representing the current data of the Preset.
• preset: The Preset object that changed.