def toWires(self):
'''toWires(self): Creates a collection of Part.Wires outlining the text
string. Returns a list where each entry corresponds to 1 character.
Each list entry is a list of Wires describing 1 of the character's
Contours'''
PenPos = 0 # offset along baseline
KChar = chr(0) # kerning. missing glyph convention
Chars = []
for char in self.String:
# get unpacked and segmented contour outlines and positioning metrics
# for this char
CharCons,Adv,Kern = FontUtils.getTTFCharContours(
self.FTFont,
char,
KChar)
PenPos += Kern.x * self.Scale[0] # only horiz strings for now
CharWires = self._makeCharWires(CharCons, PenPos)
if CharWires:
Chars.append(CharWires)
PenPos += (Adv * self.Scale[0]) + self.Tracking
KChar = char
return(Chars)
