X11Font(3p)

NAME
Tk::Font - a class for finding X Fonts

SYNOPSIS
 use Tk::X11Font;

 $font = $widget->X11Font(foundry => 'adobe',
                       family  => 'times',
                       point   => 120
                      );

 $font = $widget->X11Font('*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-*');

DESCRIPTION
   This module can be use to interrogate the X server what fonts are
   avaliable.

METHODS

  Foundry( [ $val ] )

  Family( [ $val ] )

  Weight( [ $val ] )

  Slant( [ $val ] )

  Swidth( [ $val ] )

  Adstyle( [ $val ] )

  Pixel( [ $val ] )

  Point( [ $val ] )

  Xres( [ $val ] )

  Yres( [ $val ] )

  Space( [ $val ] )

  Avgwidth( [ $val ] )

  Registry( [ $val ] )

  Encoding( [ $val ] )
Set the given field in the font name to $val if given and return the current or previous value

  Name( [ $max ] )
In a list context it returns a list of all font names that match the fields given. It will return a maximum of $max names, or 128 if $max is not given.

In a scalar contex it returns the first matching name or undef

  Clone( [ key => value, [ ...]] )
Create a duplicate of the curent font object and modify the given fields

AUTHOR
Graham Barr <Graham.Barr@tiuk.ti.com>

HISTORY
11-Jan-96 Initial version

08-Nov-98 Renamed for Tk800.012

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.