.. _misc-ftface_props: misc example code: ftface_props.py ================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/misc/ftface_props.py :: from __future__ import print_function """ This is a demo script to show you how to use all the properties of an FT2Font object. These describe global font properties. For individual character metrics, use the Glyph object, as returned by load_char """ import matplotlib import matplotlib.ft2font as ft #fname = '/usr/local/share/matplotlib/VeraIt.ttf' fname = matplotlib.get_data_path() + '/fonts/ttf/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf' #fname = '/usr/local/share/matplotlib/cmr10.ttf' font = ft.FT2Font(fname) print('Num faces :', font.num_faces) # number of faces in file print('Num glyphs :', font.num_glyphs) # number of glyphs in the face print('Family name :', font.family_name) # face family name print('Style name :', font.style_name) # face style name print('PS name :', font.postscript_name) # the postscript name print('Num fixed :', font.num_fixed_sizes) # number of embedded bitmap in face # the following are only available if face.scalable if font.scalable: # the face global bounding box (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax) print('Bbox :', font.bbox) # number of font units covered by the EM print('EM :', font.units_per_EM) # the ascender in 26.6 units print('Ascender :', font.ascender) # the descender in 26.6 units print('Descender :', font.descender) # the height in 26.6 units print('Height :', font.height) # maximum horizontal cursor advance print('Max adv width :', font.max_advance_width) # same for vertical layout print('Max adv height :', font.max_advance_height) # vertical position of the underline bar print('Underline pos :', font.underline_position) # vertical thickness of the underline print('Underline thickness :', font.underline_thickness) for style in ('Italic', 'Bold', 'Scalable', 'Fixed sizes', 'Fixed width', 'SFNT', 'Horizontal', 'Vertical', 'Kerning', 'Fast glyphs', 'Multiple masters', 'Glyph names', 'External stream'): bitpos = getattr(ft, style.replace(' ', '_').upper()) - 1 print('%-17s:' % style, bool(font.style_flags & (1 << bitpos))) print(dir(font)) print(font.get_kerning) Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)