Python bindings for Fontconfig library
- Fontconfig Required
- Cython (if you want to regenerate C source)
Python 2.7.2(32-bit, 64-bit)Python 3.2.2(32-bit, 64-bit)Python 3.3.2(64-bit)
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
>>> python setup.py build_ext -i>>> cd test/
>>> python test.py>>> 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'}This program is released under GPLv3 license, see LICENSE for more detail.