Synopsis

class pango.FontDescription(gobject.GBoxed):
    pango.FontDescription(str=None)
    def copy()
    def copy_static()
    def hash()
    def set_family(family)
    def set_family_static(family)
    def get_family()
    def set_style(style)
    def get_style()
    def set_variant(variant)
    def get_variant()
    def set_weight(weight)
    def get_weight()
    def set_stretch(stretch)
    def get_stretch()
    def set_size(size)
    def get_size()
    def get_set_fields()
    def unset_fields(to_unset)
    def merge(desc_to_merge, replace_existing)
    def merge_static(desc_to_merge, replace_existing)
    def better_match(old_match, new_match)
    def to_string()
    def to_filename()
    def set_absolute_size(size)
    def get_size_is_absolute()

Description

A pango.FontDescription represents the description of an ideal font. They are used to both specify the characteristics of a font to load and to list the available fonts on the system.

Constructor

    pango.FontDescription()

Creates a new pango.FontDescription object from the representation in the string specified by str. The format of the string representation is:

  "[FAMILY-LIST] [STYLE-OPTIONS] [SIZE]"

where FAMILY-LIST is a comma separated list of families optionally terminated by a comma, STYLE_OPTIONS is a whitespace separated list of words where each WORD describes one of style, variant, weight, or stretch, and SIZE is an decimal number (size in points). For example the following are all valid string representations:

  "sans bold 12"
  "serif,monospace bold italic condensed 16"
  "normal 10"

The commonly available font families are: Normal, Sans, Serif and Monospace. The available styles are:

The available weights are:

The available variants are:

The available stretch styles are:

Methods

    def copy()

    def copy_static()

    def hash()

    def set_family(family)

    def set_family_static(family)

    def get_family()

    def set_style(style)

    def get_style()

    def set_variant(variant)

    def get_variant()

    def set_weight(weight)

    def get_weight()

    def set_stretch(stretch)

    def get_stretch()

    def set_size(size)

    def get_size()

    def get_set_fields()

    def unset_fields(to_unset)

    def merge(desc_to_merge, replace_existing)

    def merge_static(desc_to_merge, replace_existing)

    def better_match(old_match, new_match)

    def to_string()

    def to_filename()

    def set_absolute_size(size)

    def get_size_is_absolute()