font creation

improve font creation operator
offer fixing common misspellings
use glyphNamesToUnicode.txt table to generate name_to_glyph_d
fix typos in code
more consistent naming font_face -> face_name

common/Font.py

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 from typing import TypedDict
 from typing import Dict
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
 
 # convenience dictionary for translating names to glyph ids
+# note: overwritten/extended by the content of "glypNamesToUnicode.txt"
+#       when addon is registered in __init__.py
 name_to_glyph_d = {
         "zero": "0",
         "one": "1",
@@ -34,6 +37,55 @@ name_to_glyph_d = {
         "space": " ",
         }
 
+known_misspellings = {
+        # simple misspelling
+        "excent" : "accent",
+        "overdot" : "dotaccent",
+        "diaresis": "dieresis",
+        "diaeresis": "dieresis",
+        # character does not exist.. maybe something else
+        "Odoubleacute": "Ohungarumlaut",
+        "Udoubleacute": "Uhungarumlaut",
+        "Wcaron": "Wcircumflex",
+        "Neng": "Nlongrightleg",
+        "Lgrave": "Lacute",
+        # currency stuff
+        "doller": "dollar",
+        "euro": "Euro",
+        "yuan": "yen", # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yen_and_yuan_sign
+        "pound": "sterling",
+        # whoopsie
+        "__": "_",
+        }
+
+def fix_glyph_name_misspellings(name):
+    for misspelling in known_misspellings:
+        if misspelling in name:
+            return name.replace(misspelling,
+                                known_misspellings[misspelling])
+    return name
+
+
+def name_to_glyph(name):
+    if len(name) == 1:
+        return name
+    if name in name_to_glyph_d:
+        return name_to_glyph_d[name]
+    else:
+        return None
+
+def generate_name_to_glyph_d():
+    d = {}
+    with open(f"{Path(__file__).parent}/glyphNamesToUnicode.txt") as f:
+        for line in f:
+            if line[0] == '#':
+                continue
+            (name, hexstr) = line.split(' ')
+            val = chr(int(hexstr, base=16))
+            d[name] = val
+    return d
+
+
 class FontFace:
     """FontFace is a class holding glyphs