DrawBot

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DrawBot is a powerful, free application for macOS that invites you to write simple Python scripts to generate two-dimensional graphics. The builtin graphics primitives support rectangles, ovals, (bezier) paths, polygons, text objects and transparency.
🏡https://drawbot.com
🗜️https://github.com/typemytype/drawbot
DrawBotFeb 28
ErikFeb 28
Math. @drawBot
DrawBotFeb 23
Show threadChristoph KoeberlinFeb 23
@sportsfonts (Animated in @drawBot with the help of @harbortype’s code https://www.harbortype.com/how-to-animate-variable-fonts-using-python-and-drawbot/)
How to animate variable fonts using Python and Drawbot - Harbor Type | Fonts made in Brazil

One of the most common uses of variable fonts is to make animations, and you don’t need to buy expensive software to do that.

Harbor Type | Fonts made in Brazil
DrawBotFeb 15
Maurice MeilleurFeb 15

The classic Hans Hilfiker Swiss Bahnhofsuhr is accomplished!

Make sure you watch all the way around; getting both the second and minute hand movement, and the minute hand’s ‘waggle’ as it moves from one minute to the next, took some doing.

Built with Python in @drawBot

DrawBotFeb 14
Show threadMaurice MeilleurFeb 14
@drawBot This sketch uses a method for 'irregularizing' the lines I've been playing with for a while:
DrawBotFeb 14
Maurice MeilleurFeb 14

After Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #47, 1970 (as shown in Horizontal Composite, 1970).

Built with Python in @drawBot using fontTools, the Python library that keeps on giving

DrawBotJan 30
Maurice MeilleurJan 30
Project for my next intro Python/ @drawBot workshop. The animation timing will be tricky but fun to do.
DrawBotJan 3
Show threadJust van RossumDec 29

@fontra Also: DrawBot

brew install --cask drawbot

@drawBot

DrawBotNov 1
Maurice MeilleurNov 1

After François Morellet’s Tirets 0°, 90° (oil on canvas, 1960). Took some doing to build in the gentle imprecision of Morellet’s original; still not perfectly happy with it, but I like it, so.

Built with Python in @drawBot.

DrawBotAug 27, 2025
Show threadFrank GrießhammerAug 25, 2025
@drawBot `accent-proof` – shows all Latin accents with supported example characters & words, plus interesting non-decomposible base glyphs. For example:
DrawBotAug 27, 2025
Show threadFrank GrießhammerAug 25, 2025

@drawBot First, make sure you have Python 3.11 installed.
```
python --version
```

Then, install the proofing tools using
```
pip3 install git+https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/drawBotProofing.git
```

You can now use the following commands:
```
accent-proof
alphabet-proof
charset-proof
context-proof
figure-spacing-proof
glyph-proof
glyphset-proof
overlay-proof
reference-proof
text-proof
unicode-chart-proof
vertical-metrics-comparison-proof
vertical-metrics-proof
waterfall-proof
```

GitHub - adobe-type-tools/drawBotProofing

Contribute to adobe-type-tools/drawBotProofing development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub