Class enthought.​kiva.​fonttools.​font_manager.​FontProperties

#  Load default font properties
>>> p = FontProperties()
>>> p.get_family()
['Bitstream Vera Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Verdana', 'Geneva', 'Lucida', 'Arial', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif']

#  Change font family to 'fantasy'
>>> p.set_family('fantasy')
>>> p.get_family()
['Comic Sans MS', 'Chicago', 'Charcoal', 'Impact', 'Western', 'fantasy']

#  Make these fonts highest priority in font family
>>> p.set_name(['foo', 'fantasy', 'bar', 'baz'])
Font name 'fantasy' is a font family. It is being deleted from the list.
>>> p.get_family()
['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'Comic Sans MS', 'Chicago', 'Charcoal', 'Impact', 'Western', 'fantasy']

Contents:
• Methods

Method summary

• __hash__(self)
• __init__(self, family = None, style = None, variant = None, weight = None, stretch = None, size = None, fname = None)
• __str__(self)
• copy(self)
• get_family(self)
• get_name(self)
• get_size(self)
• get_size_in_points(self, parent_size = None)
• get_stretch(self)
• get_style(self)
• get_variant(self)
• get_weight(self)
• set_family(self, family)
• set_name(self, names)
• set_size(self, size)
• set_stretch(self, stretch)
• set_style(self, style)
• set_variant(self, variant)
• set_weight(self, weight)

Methods

• __hash__(self)
• __init__(self, family = None, style = None, variant = None, weight = None, stretch = None, size = None, fname = None)
• __str__(self)
• copy(self)

  Return a deep copy of self

• get_family(self)

  Return a list of font names that comprise the font family.

• get_name(self)

  Return the name of the font that best matches the font properties.

• get_size(self)

  Return the font size.

• get_size_in_points(self, parent_size = None)

  Return the size property as a numeric value. String values are converted to their corresponding numeric value.

• get_stretch(self)

  Return the font stretch or width. Options are: normal, narrow, condensed, or wide.

• get_style(self)

  Return the font style. Values are: normal, italic or oblique.

• get_variant(self)

  Return the font variant. Values are: normal or small-caps.

• get_weight(self)

  Return the font weight. See the FontProperties class for a a list of possible values.

• set_family(self, family)

  Change the font family. Options are: serif, sans-serif, cursive, fantasy, or monospace.

• set_name(self, names)

  Add one or more font names to the font family list. If the font name is already in the list, then the font is given a higher priority in the font family list. To change the font family, use the set_family() method.

• set_size(self, size)

  Set the font size.

• set_stretch(self, stretch)

  Set the font stretch or width. Options are: normal, narrow, condensed, or wide.

• set_style(self, style)

  Set the font style. Values are: normal, italic or oblique.

• set_variant(self, variant)

  Set the font variant. Values are: normal or small-caps.

• set_weight(self, weight)

  Set the font weight. See the FontProperties class for a a list of possible values.