findfont

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Published: Jul 2, 2020 License: MIT Imports: 5 Imported by: 0

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go-findfont

A platform-agnostic go (golang) library to easily locate truetype font files in your system's user and system font directories.

What?

go-findfont is a golang library that allows you to locate font file on your system. The library is currently aware of the default font directories on Linux/Unix, Windows, and MacOS.

How?

Installation

Installing go-findfont is as easy as

go get -u github.com/flopp/go-findfont
Library Usage

import (
  "fmt"
  "io/ioutil"
  
  "github.com/flopp/go-findfont"
  "github.com/golang/freetype/truetype"
)

func main() {
  fontPath, err := findfont.Find("arial.ttf")
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  fmt.Printf("Found 'arial.ttf' in '%s'\n", fontPath)

  // load the font with the freetype library
  fontData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fontPath)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  font, err := truetype.Parse(fontData)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }

  // use the font...
}

License

Copyright 2016 Florian Pigorsch. All rights reserved.

Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

Documentation

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Constants

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Variables

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Functions

func Find

func Find(fileName string) (filePath string, err error)

Find tries to locate the specified font file in the current directory as well as in platform specific user and system font directories; if there is no exact match, Find tries substring matching.

func List

func List() (filePaths []string)

List returns a list of all font files found on the system.

Types

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