wx.FontData

This class holds a variety of information related to font dialogs.

See also

FontDialog Overview, wx.Font, wx.FontDialog

Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class FontData:

Methods Summary

__init__	Constructor.
EnableEffects	Enables or disables “effects” under Windows or generic only.
GetAllowSymbols	Under Windows, returns a flag determining whether symbol fonts can be selected.
GetChosenFont	Gets the font chosen by the user if the user pressed wx.OK ( wx.FontDialog.ShowModal returned wx.ID_OK).
GetColour	Gets the colour associated with the font dialog.
GetEnableEffects	Determines whether “effects” are enabled under Windows.
GetInitialFont	Gets the font that will be initially used by the font dialog.
GetRestrictSelection	Returns the state of the flags restricting the selection.
GetShowHelp	Returns True if the Help button will be shown (Windows only).
RestrictSelection	Restricts the selection to a subset of the available fonts.
SetAllowSymbols	Under Windows, determines whether symbol fonts can be selected.
SetChosenFont	Sets the font that will be returned to the user (for internal use only).
SetColour	Sets the colour that will be used for the font foreground colour.
SetInitialFont	Sets the font that will be initially used by the font dialog.
SetRange	Sets the valid range for the font point size (Windows only).
SetShowHelp	Determines whether the Help button will be displayed in the font dialog (Windows only).

Properties Summary

AllowSymbols	See GetAllowSymbols and SetAllowSymbols
ChosenFont	See GetChosenFont and SetChosenFont
Colour	See GetColour and SetColour
InitialFont	See GetInitialFont and SetInitialFont
ShowHelp	See GetShowHelp and SetShowHelp

Class API

class wx.FontData(Object)

Possible constructors:

FontData()

This class holds a variety of information related to font dialogs.

Methods

__init__(self)

Constructor.

Initializes fontColour to black, showHelp to False, allowSymbols to True, enableEffects to True, minSize to 0 and maxSize to 0.

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EnableEffects(self, enable)

Enables or disables “effects” under Windows or generic only.

This refers to the controls for manipulating colour, strikeout and underline properties.

The default value is True.

Parameters:

enable (bool) –

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GetAllowSymbols(self)

Under Windows, returns a flag determining whether symbol fonts can be selected.

Has no effect on other platforms.

The default value is True.

Return type:

bool

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GetChosenFont(self)

Gets the font chosen by the user if the user pressed wx.OK ( wx.FontDialog.ShowModal returned wx.ID_OK).

Return type:

wx.Font

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GetColour(self)

Gets the colour associated with the font dialog.

The default value is black.

Return type:

wx.Colour

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GetEnableEffects(self)

Determines whether “effects” are enabled under Windows.

This refers to the controls for manipulating colour, strikeout and underline properties.

The default value is True.

Return type:

bool

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GetInitialFont(self)

Gets the font that will be initially used by the font dialog.

This should have previously been set by the application.

Return type:

wx.Font

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GetRestrictSelection(self)

Returns the state of the flags restricting the selection.

Note that currently these flags are only effectively used in wxMSW.

The default value is FONTRESTRICT_NONE .

Return type:

int

Returns:

• FONTRESTRICT_NONE If no restriction applies, or a combination of the following flags:

• FONTRESTRICT_SCALABLE To show only scalable fonts - no raster fonts.

• FONTRESTRICT_FIXEDPITCH To show only monospaced fonts.

New in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.4.

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GetShowHelp(self)

Returns True if the Help button will be shown (Windows only).

The default value is False.

Return type:

bool

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RestrictSelection(self, flags)

Restricts the selection to a subset of the available fonts.

Note that currently these flags are only effectively used in wxMSW and are ignored in the other ports.

Possible values are:

• FONTRESTRICT_NONE No restriction, show all fonts in the dialog.

• FONTRESTRICT_SCALABLE To show only scalable fonts - no raster fonts.

• FONTRESTRICT_FIXEDPITCH To show only monospaced fonts.

The default value is FONTRESTRICT_NONE .

Parameters:

flags (int) –

New in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.4.

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SetAllowSymbols(self, allowSymbols)

Under Windows, determines whether symbol fonts can be selected.

Has no effect on other platforms.

The default value is True.

Parameters:

allowSymbols (bool) –

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SetChosenFont(self, font)

Sets the font that will be returned to the user (for internal use only).

Parameters:

font (wx.Font) –

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SetColour(self, colour)

Sets the colour that will be used for the font foreground colour.

The default colour is black.

Parameters:

colour (wx.Colour) –

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SetInitialFont(self, font)

Sets the font that will be initially used by the font dialog.

Parameters:

font (wx.Font) –

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SetRange(self, min, max)

Sets the valid range for the font point size (Windows only).

The default is 0, 0 (unrestricted range).

Parameters:

• min (int) –

• max (int) –

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SetShowHelp(self, showHelp)

Determines whether the Help button will be displayed in the font dialog (Windows only).

The default value is False.

Parameters:

showHelp (bool) –

Properties

AllowSymbols

See GetAllowSymbols and SetAllowSymbols

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ChosenFont

See GetChosenFont and SetChosenFont

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Colour

See GetColour and SetColour

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InitialFont

See GetInitialFont and SetInitialFont

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ShowHelp

See GetShowHelp and SetShowHelp