Python-fontconfig

Python bindings for Fontconfig library

Requirement

• Fontconfig Required
• Cython (if you want to regenerate C source)

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'}

To get fonts from a .ttc (TrueType font collection) file:

>>> font = fontconfig.fromName('simsun')
>>> font.count, font.index, font.file, font
(3, 0, '/home/lilydjwg/.fonts/win/simsun.ttc', <FcFont: 宋体>)

>>> font = fontconfig.FcFont(font.file, 1)
>>> font.count, font.index, font.file, font
(3, 1, '/home/lilydjwg/.fonts/win/simsun.ttc', <FcFont: 新宋体>)

>>> fontconfig.query('新宋体', with_index=True)
[('/home/lilydjwg/.fonts/win/simsun.ttc', 1)]

License

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