NAME
Xorg::XLFD - X logical font description interface
SYNOPSIS
use Xorg::XLFD qw(get_all_xfld);
my $desc = get_all_xlfd();
DESCRIPTION
X logical fond description is a font standard used by the X Window
System. This module provides an interface for accessing these
descriptions.
EXPORTS
None by default.
FUNCTIONS
get_all_xfld()
get_all_xfld() takes no arguments and returns a hash reference that
contains all available fonts on the system, grouped by family.
STRUCTURE
An example structure for the standard 'Fixed' font:
fixed => {
charset => [
"jisx0208.1983",
"iso10646",
"iso8859",
"koi8",
"jisx0201.1976",
0,
120,
180
],
foundary => [
"jis",
"misc",
"sony"
],
horiz_dpi => [
75,
100,
0,
120
],
pixels => [
0,
16,
24,
13,
14,
15,
18,
10,
20,
6,
7,
8,
9,
"ja",
"ko",
12
],
"set width" => [
"normal",
"semicondensed"
],
slant => [
"r",
"o"
],
spacing => [
"c",
100,
75
],
tenths => [
0,
110,
150,
170,
230,
100,
120,
130,
140,
70,
200,
60,
50,
80,
90,
13,
18
],
vert_dpi => [
75,
100
],
weight => [
"medium",
"bold"
],
width => [
0,
160,
240,
70,
80,
90,
60,
140,
100,
40,
50,
"c",
120
]
},
XLFD SPECIFICATION
The XLFD is made up from 12/14 font properties as visualized below.
<SEE POD>
CAVEATS
We are relying on an external application for fetching the available
font descriptions. This is not good. We will look at the xlsfonts source
code and try to come up with a smarter way.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs on rt.cpan.org or to
[email protected]
AUTHOR
Magnus Woldrich
CPAN ID: WOLDRICH
[email protected]
http://japh.se
CONTRIBUTORS
None required yet.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2011 the Xorg::XLFD "AUTHOR" and "CONTRIBUTORS" as listed
above.
LICENSE
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
