X11FONT

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Updated: 2000-04-18
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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

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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

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