font-list% : class?

superclass: object%

A font-list% object maintains a list of font% objects to avoid repeatedly creating fonts.

A global font list, the-font-list, is created automatically.

(make-object font-list%) → (is-a?/c font-list%)

Creates an empty font list.

(send a-font-list find-or-create-font   size       family       style       weight      [ underline?       smoothing       size-in-pixels?])

→ (is-a?/c font%)

size : (integer-in 1 255)

family   :   (one-of/c 'default 'decorative 'roman 'script           'swiss 'modern 'symbol 'system)

style : (one-of/c 'normal 'italic 'slant)

weight : (one-of/c 'normal 'bold 'light)

underline? : any/c = #f

smoothing   :   (one-of/c 'default 'partly-smoothed 'smoothed 'unsmoothed)       =   'default

size-in-pixels? : any/c = #f

(send a-font-list find-or-create-font   size       face       family       style       weight      [ underline       smoothing       size-in-pixels?])

→ (is-a?/c font%)

size : (integer-in 1 255)

face : string?

family   :   (one-of/c 'default 'decorative 'roman 'script           'swiss 'modern 'symbol 'system)

style : (one-of/c 'normal 'italic 'slant)

weight : (one-of/c 'normal 'bold 'light)

underline : any/c = #f

smoothing   :   (one-of/c 'default 'partly-smoothed 'smoothed 'unsmoothed)       =   'default

size-in-pixels? : any/c = #f

Finds an existing font in the list or creates a new one (that is automatically added to the list). The arguments are the same as for creating a font% instance.