Tk::Font - a class for finding X Fonts

NAME

SYNOPSIS

 use Tk::Font;

 $font = $widget->Font(foundry => 'adobe',
                       family  => 'times',
                       point   => 120
                      );

 $font = $widget->Font('*-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

HISTORY

11-Jan-96 Initial version