Python-fontconfig 0.5.1

Python bindings for Fontconfig library

Python bindings for Fontconfig library

Requirement

• Fontconfig Required
• Cython (if you want to regenerate C source)

Tested on

• Python 2.7.2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
• Python 3.2.2 (32-bit, 64-bit)

Installation

From PyPI:

>>> pip install Python-fontconfig

or

>>> easy_install Python-fontconfig

From GitHub:

>>> git clone git://github.com/Vayn/python-fontconfig.git
>>> cd python-fontconfig/
>>> python setup.py install

Building C source

>>> python setup.py build_ext -i

Testing

>>> cd test/
>>> python test.py

Usage

>>> import fontconfig

>>> fonts = fontconfig.query(family='ubuntu', lang='en')

>>> fonts
['/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-BI.ttf',
 '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-L.ttf',
 '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-LI.ttf',
 '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-R.ttf',
 '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-B.ttf',
 '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-RI.ttf']

>>> font = fonts[0]

>>> font
<FcFont: Ubuntu>

>>> font.
font.capability     font.fullname       font.slant
font.count_chars    font.get_languages  font.spacing
font.decorative     font.has_char       font.style
font.family         font.index          font.weight
font.file           font.outline        font.width
font.fontformat     font.print_pattern
font.foundry        font.scalable

>>> font.family
[('en', 'Ubuntu')]

>>> font.foundry
'unknown'

>>> font.fontformat
'TrueType'

>>> font.has_char('A')
True

>>> font.file
'/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-BI.ttf'

>>> font = fontconfig.FcFont(font.file)

>>> font.family
[('en', 'Ubuntu')]

License

This program is released under GPLv3 license, see LICENSE for more detail.