zapf2scss

Creates a SASS list with character names and unicode from a Zapf table extracted from a TrueType font with ftxanalyzer.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.2

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install zapf2scss --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('zapf2scss');

The "zapf2scss" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named zapf2scss to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  zapf2scss: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
});

Options

zapfTable

Type: String Default value: ''

The path to the ftxanalyzer generated xml Zapf Table file.

sass

Type: String Default value: 'src/sass/_glyphs.scss'

The output SASS file name.

sassListName

Type: String Default value: ''

The variable name used to create the SASS list in the output file.

charNamePrefix

Type: String Default value: ''

Use if your characters have a prefix that you need to strip out of the css class names.

stripCharNamePrefix

Type: Boolean Default value: true

Set if the charNamePrefix string should be stripped from the character names.

Usage Examples

grunt.initConfig({
  zapf2scss: {
    my_sample: {
        options: {
          zapfTable: 'src/zapf-table/SymbolFont.xml',
          sass: 'src/sass/_glyphs.scss',
          sassListName: '$sf-icons',
          charNamePrefix: 'ink-',
          stripCharNamePrefix: true
      }
    }
  }
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

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