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This example lists the attributes of an FT2Font
object, which describe global
font properties. For individual character metrics, use the Glyph
object, as
returned by load_char
.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/build/matplotlib-tq5J6U/matplotlib-3.1.2/examples/misc/ftface_props.py", line 1
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SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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Font properties
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This example lists the attributes of an `FT2Font` object, which describe global
font properties. For individual character metrics, use the `Glyph` object, as
returned by `load_char`.
"""
import os
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.ft2font as ft
font = ft.FT2Font(
# Use a font shipped with Matplotlib.
os.path.join(matplotlib.get_data_path(),
'fonts/ttf/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf'))
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)))
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