X11Font

Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3)
Updated: 2021-01-27
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NAME

Tk::Font - a class for finding X Fonts  

SYNOPSIS

 use Tk::X11Font;

 $font = $widget->X11Font(foundry => 'adobe',
                       family  => 'times',
                       point   => 120
                      );

 $font = $widget->X11Font('*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-*');

 

DESCRIPTION

   This module can be use to interrogate the X server what fonts are
   avaliable.

 

METHODS

 

Foundry( [ $val ] )

 

Family( [ $val ] )

 

Weight( [ $val ] )

 

Slant( [ $val ] )

 

Swidth( [ $val ] )

 

Adstyle( [ $val ] )

 

Pixel( [ $val ] )

 

Point( [ $val ] )

 

Xres( [ $val ] )

 

Yres( [ $val ] )

 

Space( [ $val ] )

 

Avgwidth( [ $val ] )

 

Registry( [ $val ] )

 

Encoding( [ $val ] )

Set the given field in the font name to $val if given and return the current or previous value  

Name( [ $max ] )

In a list context it returns a list of all font names that match the fields given. It will return a maximum of $max names, or 128 if $max is not given.

In a scalar contex it returns the first matching name or undef  

Clone( [ key => value, [ ...]] )

Create a duplicate of the curent font object and modify the given fields  

AUTHOR

Graham Barr <Graham.Barr@tiuk.ti.com>  

HISTORY

11-Jan-96 Initial version

08-Nov-98 Renamed for Tk800.012  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
METHODS
Foundry( [ $val ] )
Family( [ $val ] )
Weight( [ $val ] )
Slant( [ $val ] )
Swidth( [ $val ] )
Adstyle( [ $val ] )
Pixel( [ $val ] )
Point( [ $val ] )
Xres( [ $val ] )
Yres( [ $val ] )
Space( [ $val ] )
Avgwidth( [ $val ] )
Registry( [ $val ] )
Encoding( [ $val ] )
Name( [ $max ] )
Clone( [ key => value, [ ...]] )
AUTHOR
HISTORY
COPYRIGHT