vis/util/

mg_fonts.pro

includes main-level program

Class description for mg_fonts_tt

Routines

top mg_fonts

mg_fonts [, install=struct/struct array] [, tt_available=strarr]

Utility to query fonts available in the system.

Keywords

install in optional type=struct/struct array

set to a structure or array of structures of type:

 { mg_fonts_tt, $
   name: 'Helvetica', $
   filename: 'tt0003m_.ttf', $
   direct_size: 0.746957, $
   object_size: 1.0 }

where filename is a full path to the TrueType font

tt_available out optional type=strarr

set to a named variable to return the names of the currently available TrueType fonts

Examples

For example, to find the names of the TrueType fonts available to use with the SET_FONT keyword to DEVICE, use:

 IDL> mg_fonts, tt_available=tt_available
 IDL> print, transpose(tt_available)
 IDL> device, set_font=tt_available[-1], /tt_font
 IDL> xyouts, 0.5, 0.5, 'Hello!', alignment=0.5, charsize=6.0, font=1

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Personal library of Michael Galloy
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mglib

Personal IDL library for M. Galloy