FontMetrics
- class FontMetrics(*args, **kwargs)
A PangoFontMetrics structure holds the overall metric information
for a font.
The information in a PangoFontMetrics structure may be restricted
to a script. The fields of this structure are private to implementations
of a font backend. See the documentation of the corresponding getters
for documentation of their meaning.
For an overview of the most important metrics, see:
Methods
- class FontMetrics
- get_approximate_char_width() int
Gets the approximate character width for a font metrics structure.
This is merely a representative value useful, for example, for determining the initial size for a window. Actual characters in text will be wider and narrower than this.
- get_approximate_digit_width() int
Gets the approximate digit width for a font metrics structure.
This is merely a representative value useful, for example, for determining the initial size for a window. Actual digits in text can be wider or narrower than this, though this value is generally somewhat more accurate than the result of
get_approximate_char_width()for digits.
- get_ascent() int
Gets the ascent from a font metrics structure.
The ascent is the distance from the baseline to the logical top of a line of text. (The logical top may be above or below the top of the actual drawn ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure where the ink will be.)
- get_descent() int
Gets the descent from a font metrics structure.
The descent is the distance from the baseline to the logical bottom of a line of text. (The logical bottom may be above or below the bottom of the actual drawn ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure where the ink will be.)
- get_height() int
Gets the line height from a font metrics structure.
The line height is the recommended distance between successive baselines in wrapped text using this font.
If the line height is not available, 0 is returned.
Added in version 1.44.
- get_strikethrough_position() int
Gets the suggested position to draw the strikethrough.
The value returned is the distance above the baseline of the top of the strikethrough.
Added in version 1.6.
- get_strikethrough_thickness() int
Gets the suggested thickness to draw for the strikethrough.
Added in version 1.6.