pyscript.afm.AFM

Package pyscript :: Module afm :: Class AFM

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Class AFM

Class for handling Adobe Font Metric objects

Method Summary
	`__init__(self, fontname)` Initialisation of the AFM object
	`__getattr__(self, attr)` Gets an attribute of the font
	`__getitem__(self, key)` Gets an item within the font
	`__repr__(self)` Returns the representation of the font object
	`bbox(self, string, size, kerning)` Return a strings boundingbox in this font at the scale provided (relative to 1 point?)
	`chars(self)` Returns the characters in the font
	`comments(self)` Returns the comments in the font
	`has_char(self, char)` Determins if the character exists in the font
	`has_kernpair(self, pair)` Determines if the kerning pair exists in the font
	`kernpairs(self)` Returns the kerning pairs in the font

Method Details

init(self, fontname)
(Constructor)

Initialisation of the AFM object

Parameters:: fontname - the name of the font
(type=string)

getattr(self, attr)
(Qualification operator)

Gets an attribute of the font

Parameters:: attr - the attribute to get
(type=?)

getitem(self, key)
(Indexing operator)

Gets an item within the font

Parameters:: key - the item to get
(type=?)

repr(self)
(Representation operator)

Returns the representation of the font object

bbox(self, string, size=1, kerning=0)

Return a strings boundingbox in this font at the scale provided (relative to 1 point?)

Parameters:: string - the string to measure
(type=string); size - the point size of the font (sort of)
(type=int); kerning - whether to subtract off the kerning
(type=boolean)

Returns:: xl, yb, xr, yt

chars(self)

Returns the characters in the font

comments(self)

Returns the comments in the font

has_char(self, char)

Determins if the character exists in the font

Parameters:: char - the character to look for
(type=?)

has_kernpair(self, pair)

Determines if the kerning pair exists in the font

Parameters:: pair - the kering pair to look for
(type=?)

kernpairs(self)

Returns the kerning pairs in the font

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