racket/collects/scribblings/draw/font-class.scrbl
Matthew Flatt 2bdcdbb197 racket/draw, racket/gui: modernize contracts, mostly in documentation
Use `or/c' instead of `one-of/c', `#f' instead of `false/c'.
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#lang scribble/doc
@(require "common.rkt")
@defclass/title[font% object% ()]{
A @defterm{font} is an object which determines the appearance of text,
primarily when drawing text to a device context. A font is determined
by seven properties:
@itemize[
@item{size --- The size of the text, either in points (the default)
or logical drawing units, depending on the
``size-in-pixels?'' property (see below).}
@item{family --- A platform- and device-independent font
designation. The families are:
@itemize[
@item{@indexed-racket['default]}
@item{@indexed-racket['decorative]}
@item{@indexed-racket['roman]}
@item{@indexed-racket['script]}
@item{@indexed-racket['swiss]}
@item{@indexed-racket['modern] (fixed width)}
@item{@indexed-racket['symbol] (Greek letters and more)}
@item{@indexed-racket['system] (similar to the font to draw control labels,
but see @racket[normal-control-font])}
]
@margin-note{The terminology ``family'' and ``face'' is mangled
relative to its usual meaning. A @racket[font%] ``face''
is really used more like a font family in the usual
terminology or more generally as a face-description
string that is combined with other @racket[font%]
attributes to arrive at a face. A @racket[font%]
``family'' is a kind of abstract font family that is
mapped to a particular font family on a given
platform.}}
@item{face --- A string face name, such as @racket["Courier"]. The format
and meaning of a face name is platform- and
device-specific. If a font's face name is @racket[#f],
then the font's appearance depends only on the
family. If a face is provided but no mapping is
available for the face name (for a specific platform
or device), then the face name is ignored and the
family is used. See @racket[font-name-directory<%>]
for information about how face names are mapped for
drawing text.}
@item{style --- The slant style of the font, one of:
@itemize[
@item{@indexed-racket['normal]}
@item{@indexed-racket['slant] (a.k.a ``oblique'')}
@item{@indexed-racket['italic]}
]}
@item{weight --- The weight of the font, one of:
@itemize[
@item{@indexed-racket['normal]}
@item{@indexed-racket['light]}
@item{@indexed-racket['bold]}
]}
@item{underline? --- @racket[#t] for underlined, @racket[#f] for plain.}
@item{smoothing --- Amount of anti-alias smoothing, one of:
@itemize[
@item{@indexed-racket['default] (platform-specific, sometimes user-configurable)}
@item{@indexed-racket['partly-smoothed] (gray anti-aliasing)}
@item{@indexed-racket['smoothed] (sub-pixel anti-aliasing)}
@item{@indexed-racket['unsmoothed]}
]}
@item{size-in-pixels? --- @racket[#t] if the size of the font
is in logical drawing units (i.e., pixels for an unscaled screen or
bitmap drawing context), @racket[#f] if the size of the font is in
points (which can depend on screen resolution).}
@item{hinting --- Whether font metrics should be rounded to integers:
@itemize[
@item{@indexed-racket['aligned] (the default) --- rounds to integers
to improve the consistency of letter spacing for pixel-based
targets, but at the expense of making metrics unscalable}
@item{@indexed-racket['unaligned] --- disables rounding}
]}
]
To avoid creating multiple fonts with the same characteristics, use
the global @racket[font-list%] object @indexed-racket[the-font-list].
See also
@racket[font-name-directory<%>].
@defconstructor*/make[(()
([size (integer-in 1 1024)]
[family (or/c 'default 'decorative 'roman 'script
'swiss 'modern 'symbol 'system)]
[style (or/c 'normal 'italic 'slant) 'normal]
[weight (or/c 'normal 'bold 'light) 'normal]
[underline? any/c #f]
[smoothing (or/c 'default 'partly-smoothed
'smoothed 'unsmoothed)
'default]
[size-in-pixels? any/c #f]
[hinting (or/c 'aligned 'unaligned) 'aligned])
([size (integer-in 1 1024)]
[face string?]
[family (or/c 'default 'decorative 'roman 'script
'swiss 'modern 'symbol 'system)]
[style (or/c 'normal 'italic 'slant) 'normal]
[weight (or/c 'normal 'bold 'light) 'normal]
[underline? any/c #f]
[smoothing (or/c 'default 'partly-smoothed
'smoothed 'unsmoothed)
'default]
[size-in-pixels? any/c #f]
[hinting (or/c 'aligned 'unaligned) 'aligned]))]{
When no arguments are provided, creates an instance of the default
font. If no face name is provided, the font is created without a face
name.
See @racket[font%] for information about @racket[family],
@racket[style], @racket[weight], @racket[smoothing],
@racket[size-in-pixels?], and @racket[hinting].
@racket[font-name-directory<%>].
See also @racket[make-font].
}
@defmethod[(get-face)
(or/c string? #f)]{
Gets the font's face name, or @racket[#f] if none is specified.
}
@defmethod[(get-family)
(or/c 'default 'decorative 'roman 'script
'swiss 'modern 'symbol 'system)]{
Gets the font's family. See @racket[font%] for information about
families.
}
@defmethod[(get-font-id)
exact-integer?]{
Gets the font's ID, for use with a
@racket[font-name-directory<%>]. The ID is determined by the font's
face and family specifications, only.
}
@defmethod[(get-hinting)
(or/c 'aligned 'unaligned)]{
Gets the font's hinting. See @racket[font%] for information about
hinting.
}
@defmethod[(get-point-size)
(integer-in 1 1024)]{
Gets the font's size (roughly the height). Despite the method name,
the size may be in logical units instead of points, depending on the
result of @method[font% get-size-in-pixels].
Due to space included in a font by a font designer, a font tends to
generate text that is slightly taller than the nominal size.
}
@defmethod[(get-size-in-pixels)
boolean?]{
Returns @racket[#t] if the size reported by @method[font%
get-point-size] is in logical drawing units, @racket[#f] if it is in
points.
For a size in points and a screen or bitmap drawing context, the
logical height depends on the resolution of the screen.
}
@defmethod[(get-smoothing)
(or/c 'default 'partly-smoothed 'smoothed 'unsmoothed)]{
Gets the font's anti-alias smoothing mode. See @racket[font%] for
information about smoothing.
}
@defmethod[(get-style)
(or/c 'normal 'italic 'slant)]{
Gets the font's slant style. See @racket[font%] for information about
styles.
}
@defmethod[(get-underlined)
boolean?]{
Returns @racket[#t] if the font is underlined or @racket[#f]
otherwise.
}
@defmethod[(get-weight)
(or/c 'normal 'bold 'light)]{
Gets the font's weight. See @racket[font%] for information about
weights.
}
@defmethod[(screen-glyph-exists? [c char]
[for-label? any/c #f])
boolean?]{
Returns @racket[#t] if the given character has a corresponding glyph
when drawing to the screen or a bitmap, @racket[#f] otherwise.
If the second argument is true, the result indicates whether the glyph
is available for control labels. Otherwise, it indicates whether the
glyph is available for @racket[dc<%>] drawing.
For @racket[dc<%>] drawing, due to automatic font substitution when
drawing or measuring text, the result of this method does not depend
on this font's attributes (size, face, etc.). The font's attributes
merely provide a hint for the glyph search.
See also @method[dc<%> glyph-exists?] .
}}