kyamagu / fontconfig-py

Python bindings to fontconfig

fontconfig-py

Python bindings to fontconfig based on Cython.

Currently, Linux and macOS are supported.

Install

Install from the PyPI:

pip install fontconfig-py

Usage

The following demonstrates the usage of fontconfig.query to identify English fonts in the system:

import fontconfig

fonts = fontconfig.query(where=":lang=en", select=("family",))
for font in fonts:
    print(font["family"])

Development notes

There are other Python wrappers for fontconfig:

• fontconfig: CFFI bindings for fontconfig
• python_fontconfig: Python wrapper based on ctypes
• Python_fontconfig: Unmaintained Cython wrapper

The features of this package are the following:

• Cython-based wrapper
• Statically linked binary wheels; no runtime dependency
• Continuous integration to the PyPI distribution
• User documentation
• MIT license

License notice

This project is distributed under MIT license. The binary wheels link fontconfig and freetype which are distributed under different licenses. See THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt.