Subgroup: Font

Class: QgsFontUtils

class qgis.core.QgsFontUtils

Bases: sip.wrapper

QgsFontUtils(QgsFontUtils)

Methods

addRecentFontFamily Adds a font family to the list of recently used font families.
asCSS Returns a CSS string representing the specified font as closely as possible.
fontFamilyHasStyle Check whether font family on system has specific style
fontFamilyMatchOnSystem Check whether font family is on system
fontFamilyOnSystem Check whether font family is on system in a quick manner, which does not compare [foundry]
fontMatchOnSystem Check whether exact font is on system
fromMimeData Attempts to parse the provided mime data as a QFont.
getStandardTestFont Gets standard test font with specific style
loadStandardTestFonts Loads standard test fonts from filesystem or qrc resource
recentFontFamilies Returns a list of recently used font families.
setFromXmlChildNode Sets the properties of a font to match the properties stored in an XML child node.
setFromXmlElement Sets the properties of a font to match the properties stored in an XML element.
standardTestFontFamily Gets standard test font family
toMimeData Returns new mime data representing the specified font settings.
toXmlElement Returns a DOM element containing the properties of the font.
translateNamedStyle Returns the localized named style of a font, if such a translation is available.
untranslateNamedStyle Returns the english named style of a font, if possible.
updateFontViaStyle Updates font with named style and retain all font properties

Signals

Attributes

addRecentFontFamily(family: str)

Adds a font family to the list of recently used font families.

New in version 3.0.

asCSS(font: QFont, pointToPixelMultiplier: float = 1) → str

Returns a CSS string representing the specified font as closely as possible.

Parameters:
  • font – QFont to convert
  • pointToPixelMultiplier – scaling factor to apply to convert point sizes to pixel font sizes. The CSS returned by this function will always use pixels for font sizes, so this parameter should be set to a suitable value to convert point sizes to pixels (e.g., taking into account destination DPI)
Returns:

partial CSS string, e.g., “font-family: Comic Sans; font-size: 12px;”

New in version 2.16.

fontFamilyHasStyle(family: str, style: str) → bool

Check whether font family on system has specific style

Parameters:
  • family – The family to test
  • style – The style to test for
Returns:

Whether family has style

New in version 2.1.

fontFamilyMatchOnSystem(family: str, chosen: str = '') → Tuple[bool, bool]

Check whether font family is on system

Parameters:
  • family – The family to test
  • chosen – The actual family (possibly from different foundry) returned by system
  • match – Whether the family [foundry] returned by system is a match
Returns:

Whether family was found on system

fontFamilyOnSystem(family: str) → bool

Check whether font family is on system in a quick manner, which does not compare [foundry]

Parameters:family – The family to test
Returns:Whether family was found on system

Note

This is good for use in loops of large lists, e.g. registering many features for labeling

fontMatchOnSystem(f: QFont) → bool

Check whether exact font is on system

Parameters:f – The font to test for match
fromMimeData(data: QMimeData) → Tuple[QFont, bool]

Attempts to parse the provided mime data as a QFont. If data can be parsed as a QFont, ok will be set to true.

See also

toMimeData()

New in version 3.0.

getStandardTestFont(style: str = '', pointsize: int = 12) → QFont

Gets standard test font with specific style

Parameters:
  • style – Style to load, e.g. Roman, Oblique, Bold, Bold Oblique
  • pointsize – Font point size to set
Returns:

QFont

New in version 2.1.

loadStandardTestFonts(loadstyles: Iterable[str]) → bool

Loads standard test fonts from filesystem or qrc resource

Parameters:loadstyles – List of styles to load, e.g. All, Roman, Oblique, Bold, Bold Oblique
Returns:Whether any font was loaded

Note

Done by default on debug app/server startup to ensure fonts available for unit tests (Roman and Bold)

New in version 2.1.

recentFontFamilies() → List[str]

Returns a list of recently used font families.

New in version 3.0.

setFromXmlChildNode(font: QFont, element: QDomElement, childNode: str) → bool

Sets the properties of a font to match the properties stored in an XML child node. Calling this will overwrite the current properties of the font.

Parameters:
  • font – font to update
  • element – DOM element
  • childNode – name of child node
Returns:

true if child node exists and properties were successfully read from node

See also

toXmlElement()

New in version 2.10.

setFromXmlElement(font: QFont, element: QDomElement) → bool

Sets the properties of a font to match the properties stored in an XML element. Calling this will overwrite the current properties of the font.

Parameters:
  • font – font to update
  • element – DOM element
Returns:

true if properties were successfully read from element

See also

toXmlElement()

New in version 2.10.

standardTestFontFamily() → str

Gets standard test font family

New in version 2.1.

toMimeData(font: QFont) → QMimeData

Returns new mime data representing the specified font settings. Caller takes responsibility for deleting the returned object.

See also

fromMimeData()

New in version 3.0.

toXmlElement(font: QFont, document: QDomDocument, elementName: str) → QDomElement

Returns a DOM element containing the properties of the font.

Parameters:
  • font – font
  • document – DOM document
  • elementName – name for DOM element
Returns:

DOM element containing font settings

New in version 2.10.

translateNamedStyle(namedStyle: str) → str

Returns the localized named style of a font, if such a translation is available.

Parameters:namedStyle – a named style, i.e. “Bold”, “Italic”, etc
Returns:The localized named style

New in version 2.12.

untranslateNamedStyle(namedStyle: str) → str

Returns the english named style of a font, if possible.

Parameters:namedStyle – a localized named style, i.e. “Fett”, “Kursiv”, etc
Returns:The english named style

New in version 2.12.

updateFontViaStyle(f: QFont, fontstyle: str, fallback: bool = False) → bool

Updates font with named style and retain all font properties

Parameters:
  • f – The font to update
  • fontstyle – The style to try and switch the font to
  • fallback – If no matching fontstyle found for font, assign most similar or first style found to font
Returns:

Whether the font was updated (also returns true if the requested style matches font’s current style)

Note

This is a more featured replacement for a Qt 4.8+ function: void QFont.setStyleName ( const QString & styleName )