Address #837 and add in some more places where is better for optional values (#838)

Author: benkiel

.gitignore

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ build/*
 dist/*
 .eggs/
 .vscode
+*-venv/
 
 documentation/build/*
 documentation/.sass-cache/*
@@ -22,4 +23,4 @@ doc/*
 htmlcov
 
 # scm version
-Lib/fontParts/_version.py
+Lib/fontParts/_version.py

Lib/fontParts/base/glyph.py

@@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@ def _fromMathGlyph(self, mathGlyph, toThisGlyph=False, filterRedundantPoints=Tru
             a = copied.appendAnchor(
                 name=anchor.get("name"),
                 position=(anchor["x"], anchor["y"]),
-                color=anchor["color"]
+                color=anchor.get("color")
             )
             identifier = anchor.get("identifier")
             if identifier is not None:
@@ -1705,8 +1705,8 @@ def _fromMathGlyph(self, mathGlyph, toThisGlyph=False, filterRedundantPoints=Tru
             g = copied.appendGuideline(
                 position=(guideline["x"], guideline["y"]),
                 angle=guideline["angle"],
-                name=guideline["name"],
-                color=guideline["color"]
+                name=guideline.get("name"),
+                color=guideline.get("color")
             )
             identifier = guideline.get("identifier")
             if identifier is not None:

NEWS.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.12.7 (released 2025-05-30)
+---------------------------
+- Fix getting `color` and `name` in _fromMathGlyph`
+
 0.12.6 (released 2025-05-27)
 ---------------------------
 - Fix guideline normalization when value is `None`. See #834. Thanks @typemytype!