Python bindings for Fontconfig library
Project description
Python bindings for Fontconfig library
Requirement
Fontconfig Required
Cython (if you want to regenerate C source)
Tested on
Python 2.7.2 (64-bit)
Python 3.2.2 (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
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.
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