TQFontDatabase Class

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# TQFontDatabase Class Reference

The TQFontDatabase class provides information about the fonts available in the underlying window system. More...

`#include <tqfontdatabase.h>`

List of all member functions.

## Public Members

- TQFontDatabase ()
- TQStringList families () const
- TQStringList families ( TQFont::Script script ) const
- TQStringList styles ( const TQString & family ) const
- TQValueList<int> pointSizes ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style = TQString::null )
- TQValueList<int> smoothSizes ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style )
- TQString styleString ( const TQFont & f )
- TQFont font ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, int pointSize )
- bool isBitmapScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style = TQString::null ) const
- bool isSmoothlyScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style = TQString::null ) const
- bool isScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style = TQString::null ) const
- bool isFixedPitch ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style = TQString::null ) const
- bool italic ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style ) const
- bool bold ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style ) const
- int weight ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style ) const
- TQStringList families ( bool ) const (obsolete)
- TQStringList styles ( const TQString & family, const TQString & ) const (obsolete)
- TQValueList<int> pointSizes ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) (obsolete)
- TQValueList<int> smoothSizes ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) (obsolete)
- TQFont font ( const TQString & familyName, const TQString & style, int pointSize, const TQString & ) (obsolete)
- bool isBitmapScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const (obsolete)
- bool isSmoothlyScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const (obsolete)
- bool isScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const (obsolete)
- bool isFixedPitch ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const (obsolete)
- bool italic ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const (obsolete)
- bool bold ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const (obsolete)
- int weight ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const (obsolete)

## Static Public Members

- TQValueList<int> standardSizes ()
- TQString scriptName ( TQFont::Script script )
- TQString scriptSample ( TQFont::Script script )

## Detailed Description

The TQFontDatabase class provides information about the fonts available in the underlying window system.

The most common uses of this class are to query the database for the list of font families() and for the pointSizes() and styles() that are available for each family. An alternative to pointSizes() is smoothSizes() which returns the sizes at which a given family and style will look attractive.

If the font family is available from two or more foundries the foundry name is included in the family name, e.g. "Helvetica [Adobe]" and "Helvetica [Cronyx]". When you specify a family you can either use the old hyphenated TQt 2.x "foundry-family" format, e.g. "Cronyx-Helvetica", or the new bracketed TQt 3.x "family [foundry]" format e.g. "Helvetica [Cronyx]". If the family has a foundry it is always returned, e.g. by families(), using the bracketed format.

The font() function returns a TQFont given a family, style and point size.

A family and style combination can be checked to see if it is italic() or bold(), and to retrieve its weight(). Similarly we can call isBitmapScalable(), isSmoothlyScalable(), isScalable() and isFixedPitch().

A text version of a style is given by styleString().

The TQFontDatabase class also supports some static functions, for example, standardSizes(). You can retrieve the Unicode 3.0 description of a script using scriptName(), and a sample of characters in a script with scriptSample().

Example:

    #include <tqapplication.h>
    #include <tqfontdatabase.h>
    #include <else.h>

    int main( int argc, char **argv )
    {
        TQApplication app( argc, argv );
        TQFontDatabase fdb;
        TQStringList families = fdb.families();
        for ( TQStringList::Iterator f = families.begin(); f != families.end(); ++f ) {
            TQString family = *f;
            tqDebug( family );
            TQStringList styles = fdb.styles( family );
            for ( TQStringList::Iterator s = styles.begin(); s != styles.end(); ++s ) {
                TQString style = *s;
                TQString dstyle = "\t" + style + " (";
                TQValueList<int> smoothies = fdb.smoothSizes( family, style );
                for ( TQValueList<int>::Iterator points = smoothies.begin();
                      points != smoothies.end(); ++points ) {
                    dstyle += TQString::number( *points ) + " ";
                }
                dstyle = dstyle.left( dstyle.length() - 1 ) + ")";
                tqDebug( dstyle );
            }
        }
        return 0;
    }

This example gets the list of font families, then the list of styles for each family and the point sizes that are available for each family/style combination.

See also Environment Classes and Graphics Classes.

## Member Function Documentation

### TQFontDatabase::TQFontDatabase ()

Creates a font database object.

### bool TQFontDatabase::bold ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style ) const

Returns true if the font that has family family and style style is bold; otherwise returns false.

See also italic() and weight().

### bool TQFontDatabase::bold ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### TQStringList TQFontDatabase::families () const

Returns a sorted list of the names of the available font families.

If a family exists in several foundries, the returned name for that font is in the form "family [foundry]". Examples: "Times [Adobe]", "Times [Cronyx]", "Palatino".

### TQStringList TQFontDatabase::families ( TQFont::Script script ) const

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.

Returns a sorted list of the available font families which support the Unicode script script.

If a family exists in several foundries, the returned name for that font is in the form "family [foundry]". Examples: "Times [Adobe]", "Times [Cronyx]", "Palatino".

### TQStringList TQFontDatabase::families ( bool ) const

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### TQFont TQFontDatabase::font ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, int pointSize )

Returns a TQFont object that has family family, style style and point size pointSize. If no matching font could be created, a TQFont object that uses the application's default font is returned.

### TQFont TQFontDatabase::font ( const TQString & familyName, const TQString & style, int pointSize, const TQString & )

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### bool TQFontDatabase::isBitmapScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style = TQString::null ) const

Returns true if the font that has family family and style style is a scalable bitmap font; otherwise returns false. Scaling a bitmap font usually produces an unattractive hardly readable result, because the pixels of the font are scaled. If you need to scale a bitmap font it is better to scale it to one of the fixed sizes returned by smoothSizes().

See also isScalable() and isSmoothlyScalable().

### bool TQFontDatabase::isBitmapScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### bool TQFontDatabase::isFixedPitch ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style = TQString::null ) const

Returns true if the font that has family family and style style is fixed pitch; otherwise returns false.

### bool TQFontDatabase::isFixedPitch ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### bool TQFontDatabase::isScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style = TQString::null ) const

Returns true if the font that has family family and style style is scalable; otherwise returns false.

See also isBitmapScalable() and isSmoothlyScalable().

### bool TQFontDatabase::isScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### bool TQFontDatabase::isSmoothlyScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style = TQString::null ) const

Returns true if the font that has family family and style style is smoothly scalable; otherwise returns false. If this function returns true, it's safe to scale this font to any size, and the result will always look attractive.

See also isScalable() and isBitmapScalable().

### bool TQFontDatabase::isSmoothlyScalable ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### bool TQFontDatabase::italic ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style ) const

Returns true if the font that has family family and style style is italic; otherwise returns false.

See also weight() and bold().

### bool TQFontDatabase::italic ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### TQValueList<int> TQFontDatabase::pointSizes ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style = TQString::null )

Returns a list of the point sizes available for the font that has family family and style style. The list may be empty.

See also smoothSizes() and standardSizes().

### TQValueList<int> TQFontDatabase::pointSizes ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & )

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### TQString TQFontDatabase::scriptName ( TQFont::Script script )`[static]`

Returns a string that gives a default description of the script (e.g. for displaying to the user in a dialog). The name matches the name of the script as defined by the Unicode 3.0 standard.

See also TQFont::Script.

### TQString TQFontDatabase::scriptSample ( TQFont::Script script )`[static]`

Returns a string with sample characters from script.

See also TQFont::Script.

### TQValueList<int> TQFontDatabase::smoothSizes ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style )

Returns the point sizes of a font that has family family and style style that will look attractive. The list may be empty. For non-scalable fonts and bitmap scalable fonts, this function is equivalent to pointSizes().

See also pointSizes() and standardSizes().

### TQValueList<int> TQFontDatabase::smoothSizes ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & )

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### TQValueList<int> TQFontDatabase::standardSizes ()`[static]`

Returns a list of standard font sizes.

See also smoothSizes() and pointSizes().

### TQString TQFontDatabase::styleString ( const TQFont & f )

Returns a string that describes the style of the font f. For example, "Bold Italic", "Bold", "Italic" or "Normal". An empty string may be returned.

### TQStringList TQFontDatabase::styles ( const TQString & family ) const

Returns a list of the styles available for the font family family. Some example styles: "Light", "Light Italic", "Bold", "Oblique", "Demi". The list may be empty.

### TQStringList TQFontDatabase::styles ( const TQString & family, const TQString & ) const

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

### int TQFontDatabase::weight ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style ) const

Returns the weight of the font that has family family and style style. If there is no such family and style combination, returns -1.

See also italic() and bold().

### int TQFontDatabase::weight ( const TQString & family, const TQString & style, const TQString & ) const

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

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