2 :mod:`fm` --- *Font Manager* interface
3 ======================================
7 :synopsis: Font Manager interface for SGI workstations.
11 The :mod:`fm` module has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
16 single: Font Manager, IRIS
17 single: IRIS Font Manager
19 This module provides access to the IRIS *Font Manager* library. It is
20 available only on Silicon Graphics machines. See also: *4Sight User's Guide*,
21 section 1, chapter 5: "Using the IRIS Font Manager."
23 This is not yet a full interface to the IRIS Font Manager. Among the unsupported
24 features are: matrix operations; cache operations; character operations (use
25 string operations instead); some details of font info; individual glyph metrics;
28 It supports the following operations:
33 Initialization function. Calls :cfunc:`fminit`. It is normally not necessary to
34 call this function, since it is called automatically the first time the
35 :mod:`fm` module is imported.
38 .. function:: findfont(fontname)
40 Return a font handle object. Calls ``fmfindfont(fontname)``.
43 .. function:: enumerate()
45 Returns a list of available font names. This is an interface to
49 .. function:: prstr(string)
51 Render a string using the current font (see the :func:`setfont` font handle
52 method below). Calls ``fmprstr(string)``.
55 .. function:: setpath(string)
57 Sets the font search path. Calls ``fmsetpath(string)``. (XXX Does not work!?!)
60 .. function:: fontpath()
62 Returns the current font search path.
64 Font handle objects support the following operations:
67 .. method:: font handle.scalefont(factor)
69 Returns a handle for a scaled version of this font. Calls ``fmscalefont(fh,
73 .. method:: font handle.setfont()
75 Makes this font the current font. Note: the effect is undone silently when the
76 font handle object is deleted. Calls ``fmsetfont(fh)``.
79 .. method:: font handle.getfontname()
81 Returns this font's name. Calls ``fmgetfontname(fh)``.
84 .. method:: font handle.getcomment()
86 Returns the comment string associated with this font. Raises an exception if
87 there is none. Calls ``fmgetcomment(fh)``.
90 .. method:: font handle.getfontinfo()
92 Returns a tuple giving some pertinent data about this font. This is an interface
93 to ``fmgetfontinfo()``. The returned tuple contains the following numbers:
94 ``(printermatched, fixed_width, xorig, yorig, xsize, ysize, height, nglyphs)``.
97 .. method:: font handle.getstrwidth(string)
99 Returns the width, in pixels, of *string* when drawn in this font. Calls
100 ``fmgetstrwidth(fh, string)``.