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2:mod:`fm` --- *Font Manager* interface
3======================================
4
5.. module:: fm
6   :platform: IRIX
7   :synopsis: Font Manager interface for SGI workstations.
8   :deprecated:
9
10.. deprecated:: 2.6
11   The :mod:`fm` module has been removed in Python 3.
12
13
14
15.. index::
16   single: Font Manager, IRIS
17   single: IRIS Font Manager
18
19This module provides access to the IRIS *Font Manager* library.   It is
20available only on Silicon Graphics machines. See also: *4Sight User's Guide*,
21section 1, chapter 5: "Using the IRIS Font Manager."
22
23This is not yet a full interface to the IRIS Font Manager. Among the unsupported
24features are: matrix operations; cache operations; character operations (use
25string operations instead); some details of font info; individual glyph metrics;
26and printer matching.
27
28It supports the following operations:
29
30
31.. function:: init()
32
33   Initialization function. Calls :c:func:`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.
36
37
38.. function:: findfont(fontname)
39
40   Return a font handle object. Calls ``fmfindfont(fontname)``.
41
42
43.. function:: enumerate()
44
45   Returns a list of available font names. This is an interface to
46   :c:func:`fmenumerate`.
47
48
49.. function:: prstr(string)
50
51   Render a string using the current font (see the :func:`setfont` font handle
52   method below). Calls ``fmprstr(string)``.
53
54
55.. function:: setpath(string)
56
57   Sets the font search path. Calls ``fmsetpath(string)``. (XXX Does not work!?!)
58
59
60.. function:: fontpath()
61
62   Returns the current font search path.
63
64Font handle objects support the following operations:
65
66
67.. method:: font handle.scalefont(factor)
68
69   Returns a handle for a scaled version of this font. Calls ``fmscalefont(fh,
70   factor)``.
71
72
73.. method:: font handle.setfont()
74
75   Makes this font the current font. Note: the effect is undone silently when the
76   font handle object is deleted. Calls ``fmsetfont(fh)``.
77
78
79.. method:: font handle.getfontname()
80
81   Returns this font's name. Calls ``fmgetfontname(fh)``.
82
83
84.. method:: font handle.getcomment()
85
86   Returns the comment string associated with this font. Raises an exception if
87   there is none. Calls ``fmgetcomment(fh)``.
88
89
90.. method:: font handle.getfontinfo()
91
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)``.
95
96
97.. method:: font handle.getstrwidth(string)
98
99   Returns the width, in pixels, of *string* when drawn in this font. Calls
100   ``fmgetstrwidth(fh, string)``.
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102