<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd'> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=us-ascii' /> <title>The PIL.ImageFont Module</title> <link rel='stylesheet' href='effbot.css' type='text/css' /> </head> <body> <h1>The PIL.ImageFont Module</h1> <dl> <dt><b>FreeTypeFont(file, size, index=0, encoding="")</b> (class) [<a href='#PIL.ImageFont.FreeTypeFont-class'>#</a>]</dt> <dd> <p>Wrapper for FreeType fonts.</p> <p>For more information about this class, see <a href='#PIL.ImageFont.FreeTypeFont-class'><i>The FreeTypeFont Class</i></a>.</p> </dd> <dt><b>ImageFont</b> (class) [<a href='#PIL.ImageFont.ImageFont-class'>#</a>]</dt> <dd> <p>The ImageFont module defines a class with the same name.</p> <p>For more information about this class, see <a href='#PIL.ImageFont.ImageFont-class'><i>The ImageFont Class</i></a>.</p> </dd> <dt><a id='PIL.ImageFont.load-function' name='PIL.ImageFont.load-function'><b>load(filename)</b></a> [<a href='#PIL.ImageFont.load-function'>#</a>]</dt> <dd> <dl> <dt><i>filename</i></dt> <dd> </dd> <dt>Returns:</dt> <dd> </dd> <dt>Raises <b>IOError</b>:</dt><dd> </dd> </dl><br /> </dd> <dt><a id='PIL.ImageFont.load_default-function' name='PIL.ImageFont.load_default-function'><b>load_default()</b></a> [<a href='#PIL.ImageFont.load_default-function'>#</a>]</dt> <dd> <dl> <dt>Returns:</dt> <dd> </dd> </dl><br /> </dd> <dt><a id='PIL.ImageFont.load_path-function' name='PIL.ImageFont.load_path-function'><b>load_path(filename)</b></a> [<a href='#PIL.ImageFont.load_path-function'>#</a>]</dt> <dd> <dl> <dt><i>filename</i></dt> <dd> </dd> <dt>Returns:</dt> <dd> </dd> <dt>Raises <b>IOError</b>:</dt><dd> </dd> </dl><br /> </dd> <dt><b>TransposedFont(font, orientation=None)</b> (class) [<a href='#PIL.ImageFont.TransposedFont-class'>#</a>]</dt> <dd> <p>Wrapper that creates a transposed font from any existing font object.</p> <dl> <dt><i>font</i></dt> <dd> </dd> <dt><i>orientation</i></dt> <dd> </dd> </dl><br /> <p>For more information about this class, see <a href='#PIL.ImageFont.TransposedFont-class'><i>The TransposedFont Class</i></a>.</p> </dd> <dt><a id='PIL.ImageFont.truetype-function' name='PIL.ImageFont.truetype-function'><b>truetype(filename, size, index=0, encoding="")</b></a> [<a href='#PIL.ImageFont.truetype-function'>#</a>]</dt> <dd> <p>Load a TrueType or OpenType font file, and create a font object. This function loads a font object from the given file, and creates a font object for a font of the given size. </p><p> This function requires the _imagingft service. </p><dl> <dt><i>filename</i></dt> <dd> A truetype font file. Under Windows, if the file is not found in this filename, the loader also looks in Windows <b>fonts</b> directory </dd> <dt><i>size</i></dt> <dd> </dd> <dt><i>index</i></dt> <dd> </dd> <dt><i>encoding</i></dt> <dd> </dd> <dt>Returns:</dt> <dd> </dd> <dt>Raises <b>IOError</b>:</dt><dd> </dd> </dl><br /> </dd> </dl> <h2><a id='PIL.ImageFont.FreeTypeFont-class' name='PIL.ImageFont.FreeTypeFont-class'>The FreeTypeFont Class</a></h2> <dl> <dt><b>FreeTypeFont(file, size, index=0, encoding="")</b> (class) [<a href='#PIL.ImageFont.FreeTypeFont-class'>#</a>]</dt> <dd> <p>Wrapper for FreeType fonts. Application code should use the <b>truetype</b> factory function to create font objects. </p></dd> </dl> <h2><a id='PIL.ImageFont.ImageFont-class' name='PIL.ImageFont.ImageFont-class'>The ImageFont Class</a></h2> <dl> <dt><b>ImageFont</b> (class) [<a href='#PIL.ImageFont.ImageFont-class'>#</a>]</dt> <dd> <p>The <b>ImageFont</b> module defines a class with the same name. Instances of this class store bitmap fonts, and are used with the <b>text</b> method of the <b>ImageDraw</b> class. </p><p> PIL uses it's own font file format to store bitmap fonts. You can use the <b>pilfont</b> utility to convert BDF and PCF font descriptors (X window font formats) to this format. </p><p> Starting with version 1.1.4, PIL can be configured to support TrueType and OpenType fonts. For earlier version, TrueType support is only available as part of the imToolkit package </p></dd> </dl> <h2><a id='PIL.ImageFont.TransposedFont-class' name='PIL.ImageFont.TransposedFont-class'>The TransposedFont Class</a></h2> <dl> <dt><b>TransposedFont(font, orientation=None)</b> (class) [<a href='#PIL.ImageFont.TransposedFont-class'>#</a>]</dt> <dd> <dl> <dt><i>font</i></dt> <dd> </dd> <dt><i>orientation</i></dt> <dd> </dd> </dl><br /> </dd> </dl> </body></html>