fontpreview: Python library for font previews

This is a library that allows you to create preview images from one or more selected fonts.

Full docs is here: ReadTheDocs

Test

If you want to test the package before installing, use the test:

$ git clone https://github.com/MatteoGuadrini/fontpreview.git
$ cd fontpreview
$ python -m unittest test_fp.py

Installation

Use Pypi:

$ pip install --user fontpreview

Note: If you want to use the command line tool, you need to install the system-wide library: pip install fontpreview

Simple usage

Preview example:

from fontpreview import FontPreview

fp = FontPreview('/tmp/noto.ttf')
fp.save('/tmp/fp.png')

Banner example:

from fontpreview import FontBanner

fb = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape', bg_color=(153, 153, 255), mode='fontname')
fb.save('/tmp/fb.png')

Logo example:

from fontpreview import FontLogo

fl = FontLogo('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'Fp')
fl.save('/tmp/fl.png')

Font wall example:

from fontpreview import FontBanner, FontWall

# Define the various parts of wall
fb = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='fontname')
fb2 = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='alpha')
fb3 = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='letter')
fb4 = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='paragraph')
fw = FontWall([fb,fb2,fb3,fb4])
fw.save('/tmp/fw.png')

Font page example:

from fontpreview import FontPage, FontBanner

# Define the various parts of page
header = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='fontname')
body = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='paragraph')
footer = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='letter')
# Create FontPage object
fpage = FontPage()
fpage.set_header(header)
fpage.set_body(body)
fpage.set_footer(footer)
# Design all parts
fpage.draw()
fpage.save('/tmp/fpage.png')

Font page with template example:

from fontpreview import FontPage, FontPageTemplate, FontBanner

# Define the various parts of page
header = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='fontname')
body = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='paragraph')
footer = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='letter')
# Create font page template
template = FontPageTemplate(3508)
template.set_body(170, 1, 'lcenter')
template.set_footer(100, 4, 'lcenter')
# Create FontPage object
fpage = FontPage(template=template)
fpage.set_header(header)
fpage.set_body(body)
fpage.set_footer(footer)
# Design all parts
fpage.draw()
fpage.save('/tmp/fpage_template.png')

Font booklet example:

from fontpreview import FontPage, FontBanner, FontBooklet

# Define the various parts of page
header = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='fontname')
body = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='paragraph')
footer = FontBanner('/tmp/noto.ttf', 'landscape' , mode='letter')
# Create FontPage object
fpage1 = FontPage(header=header, body=body, footer=footer)
fpage2 = FontPage(header=header, body=body, footer=footer)
# Design all parts
fpage1.draw()
fpage2.draw()
# Create book
book = FontBooklet(fpage1, fpage2)
book.save('/tmp/noto_book/')        # save page1.png, page2.png in /tmp/noto_book/ folder

Advanced usage

Below is an example of various previews of the "Fira Code regular" font. Does it remind you of anything? Fira code original

# FIRA CODE WALL
from fontpreview import FontBanner, FontWall
fira_code = '/tmp/firacode.ttf'
# RGB group = ('background', 'FIRA COD color', 'Ligature color', 'E color background')
colors_group = [
                ('black', (0, 143, 0), (0, 236, 236), (255, 0, 255)),
                ('black', (166, 47, 123), (81, 208, 93), (11, 179, 248)),
                ((13, 21, 43), (112, 204, 84), (226, 110, 34), (223, 245, 90)),
                ((43, 6, 42), (136, 126, 135), (4, 150, 153), (147, 103, 145)),
                ((39, 57, 85), (255, 241, 208), (208, 84, 0), (209, 215, 227)),
                ((31, 63, 89), (248, 248, 242), (230, 219, 117), (166, 226, 51)),
                ((1, 47, 80), (224, 202, 52), (73, 217, 38), (255, 125, 158)),
                ((0, 0, 170), (75, 224, 245), (255, 255, 85), (0, 170, 170)),
                ('white', 'black', 'black', 'black'),
                ((247, 247, 247), (167, 29, 93), (121, 93, 163), (0, 134, 179)),
                ((239, 240, 243), (15, 131, 207), (208, 84, 0), (105, 40, 122)),
                ((239, 231, 212), (218, 116, 53), (0, 142, 212), (186, 136, 0)),
                ((39, 40, 34), (132, 214, 45), (249, 39, 114), (174, 129, 255)),
                ((43, 48, 59), (180, 142, 173), (143, 161, 179), (152, 190, 140)),
                ((32, 32, 32), (171, 130, 84), (160, 171, 127), (216, 127, 98)),
                ((0, 43, 54), (0, 160, 153), (126, 143, 3), (218, 66, 130))
                ]
banners = []
# Create banners
for colors in colors_group:
    # Create a FontBanner objects
    fb = FontBanner(fira_code, (413, 240))
    liga = FontBanner(fira_code, (413, 240))
    E = FontBanner(fira_code, (40, 70))
    # Set background colors
    fb.bg_color = liga.bg_color = colors[0]
    E.bg_color = colors[3]
    # Set foreground colors
    fb.fg_color = colors[1]
    liga.fg_color = colors[2]
    E.fg_color = colors[0]
    # Set text
    fb.font_text = 'FIRA COD'
    liga.font_text = "!=->>++:="
    E.font_text = 'E'
    # Set text position
    E.set_text_position('ltop')
    fb.set_text_position((25, 60))
    liga.set_text_position('top')
    # Adding image on fb
    fb.add_image(liga, (0, 122))
    fb.add_image(E, (339, 60))
    # Add to list of banners
    banners.append(fb)

# Create a wall
fw = FontWall(banners, max_tile=4)
fw.save('/tmp/fira_code.png')

Command line interface

Along with the package, a command line tool based on this python package is installed. The class used for command line previews is FontPreview. For all the options of this tool, see the docs, otherwise run fp -h.

$ fp /tmp/noto.ttf

This command save a fontpreview.png in a current directory.

Open source

fontpreview is a open source project. Any contribute, It's welcome.

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