================= Python-fontconfig

Python bindings for Fontconfig_ library

Requirement

• Fontconfig_ Required
• Cython_ (if you want to regenerate C source)

.. _Cython: http://cython.org/ .. _Fontconfig: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig

Tested on

- ``Python 2.7.2`` (32-bit, 64-bit)
- ``Python 3.2.2`` (32-bit, 64-bit)
- ``Python 3.3.2`` (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 


Testing
-------

>>> cd test/
>>> python test.py


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 = fontconfig.FcFont(fonts[0])

>>> font
<FcFont: Ubuntu>

>>> font.
font.bestname		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.bestname
{'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'

>>> fontconfig.fromName('Ubuntu')
<FcFont: Ubuntu>

>>> font = fontconfig.FcFont(font.file)

>>> font.family
{'en': 'Ubuntu'}


License
-------

This program is released under ``GPLv3`` license, see ``LICENSE`` for more detail.