pango.FontMap
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pango.FontMap

pango.FontMap — an object that represents the set of fonts available for a particular rendering system.

Synopsis

class pango.FontMap(gobject.GObject):
    def load_font(context, desc)
    def load_fontset(context, desc, language)
    def list_families()
    def get_shape_engine_type()

Ancestry

+-- gobject.GObject
  +-- pango.FontMap

Description

A pango.FontMap object represents the set of fonts available for a particular rendering system. There appears to be no way to retrieve a pango.FontMap object in PyGTK.

Methods

pango.FontMap.load_font

    def load_font(context, desc)
context :the pango.Context the font will be used with
desc :a pango.FontDescription describing the font to load
Returns :the loaded font , or None if no font matched.

The load_font() method loads the pango.Font in the fontmap that is the closest match for the pango.FontDescription specified by desc in the pango.Context specified by context.

pango.FontMap.load_fontset

    def load_fontset(context, desc, language)
context :the pango.Context the font will be used with
desc :a pango.FontDescription describing the font to load
language :a pango.Language the fonts will be used for
Returns :a pango.FontSet, or None if no font matched.

The load_fontset() method loads a set of pango.Font objects in the fontmap that can be used to render a font matching the pango.FontDescription specified by desc for the pango.Language specified by language in the pango.Context specified by context.

pango.FontMap.list_families

    def list_families()
Returns :a list of pango.FontFamily objects.

The list_families() method returns a list of all pango.FontFamily objects for the fontmap.

pango.FontMap.get_shape_engine_type

    def get_shape_engine_type()
Returns : the ID string for the shape engines for the font map.

Note

This method is available in PyGTK 2.4 and above.

The get_shape_engine_type() method returns the render ID for the shape engines for the font map

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