digitalmars.D.learn - [Font] Getting font folder on all platforms

Flamaros (8/8) Sep 05 2013 I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each

Justin Whear (4/15) Sep 05 2013 For linux, see fontconfig:

Flamaros (2/21) Sep 05 2013 Thx

Jacob Carlborg (10/18) Sep 05 2013 The paths used for fonts on Mac OS X are the ones listed in this table:
Tourist (3/11) Sep 06 2013 Windows: call SHGetKnownFolderPath with FOLDERID_Fonts as rfid.

Flamaros (4/18) Sep 06 2013 Nice, thx.

Flamaros (41/61) Oct 15 2013 I need to do some more tests, but scanning the registry seems

Flamaros (3/67) Nov 08 2013 I did some progress with fontconfig under linux, I'll try to use

Xavier Bigand (6/77) Nov 12 2013 I find a way to make it work under Windows.

"Flamaros" <flamaros.xavier gmail.com> writes:

I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each 
platforms (Windows, linux, macOS X)

On Windows it's generally "C:\Windows\Fonts" but a direct access 
seems brutal, it's certainly expected to retrieve this path by 
using some register keys?

Is someone know how it works for linux and/or macOS X?

I need to be able to retrieve fastest as possible the right file 
from the font and family name.

Sep 05 2013

Justin Whear <justin economicmodeling.com> writes:

On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 21:48:03 +0200, Flamaros wrote:

 I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each platforms
 (Windows, linux, macOS X)
 
 On Windows it's generally "C:\Windows\Fonts" but a direct access seems
 brutal, it's certainly expected to retrieve this path by using some
 register keys?
 
 Is someone know how it works for linux and/or macOS X?
 
 I need to be able to retrieve fastest as possible the right file from
 the font and family name.


For linux, see fontconfig:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontconfig
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html

Sep 05 2013

"Flamaros" <flamaros.xavier gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 5 September 2013 at 19:59:20 UTC, Justin Whear wrote:
 On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 21:48:03 +0200, Flamaros wrote:

 I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each 
 platforms
 (Windows, linux, macOS X)
 
 On Windows it's generally "C:\Windows\Fonts" but a direct 
 access seems
 brutal, it's certainly expected to retrieve this path by using 
 some
 register keys?
 
 Is someone know how it works for linux and/or macOS X?
 
 I need to be able to retrieve fastest as possible the right 
 file from
 the font and family name.


 For linux, see fontconfig:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontconfig
 http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html

Thx

Sep 05 2013

Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:

On 2013-09-05 21:48, Flamaros wrote:
 I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each platforms
 (Windows, linux, macOS X)

 On Windows it's generally "C:\Windows\Fonts" but a direct access seems
 brutal, it's certainly expected to retrieve this path by using some
 register keys?

 Is someone know how it works for linux and/or macOS X?

 I need to be able to retrieve fastest as possible the right file from
 the font and family name.

The paths used for fonts on Mac OS X are the ones listed in this table:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2435

To programmatically work with fonts, have a look at these API's:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Carbon/Reference/CTFontRef/Reference/reference.html

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Reference/CGFont/Reference/reference.html

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/TextFonts/Conceptual/CocoaTextArchitecture/FontHandling/FontHandling.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009459-CH5-SW1

That last link describes an Objective-C API.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

Sep 05 2013

"Tourist" <gravatar gravatar.com> writes:

On Thursday, 5 September 2013 at 19:48:07 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
 I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each 
 platforms (Windows, linux, macOS X)

 On Windows it's generally "C:\Windows\Fonts" but a direct 
 access seems brutal, it's certainly expected to retrieve this 
 path by using some register keys?

 Is someone know how it works for linux and/or macOS X?

 I need to be able to retrieve fastest as possible the right 
 file from the font and family name.

Windows: call SHGetKnownFolderPath with FOLDERID_Fonts as rfid.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762188%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Sep 06 2013

"Flamaros" <flamaros.xavier gmail.com> writes:

On Friday, 6 September 2013 at 16:05:43 UTC, Tourist wrote:
 On Thursday, 5 September 2013 at 19:48:07 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
 I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each 
 platforms (Windows, linux, macOS X)

 On Windows it's generally "C:\Windows\Fonts" but a direct 
 access seems brutal, it's certainly expected to retrieve this 
 path by using some register keys?

 Is someone know how it works for linux and/or macOS X?

 I need to be able to retrieve fastest as possible the right 
 file from the font and family name.

 Windows: call SHGetKnownFolderPath with FOLDERID_Fonts as rfid.

 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762188%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Nice, thx.

Do you know if there is a table of fonts and there family, or 
need open all font file my self?

Sep 06 2013

"Flamaros" <flamaros.xavier gmail.com> writes:

On Friday, 6 September 2013 at 20:54:53 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
 On Friday, 6 September 2013 at 16:05:43 UTC, Tourist wrote:
 On Thursday, 5 September 2013 at 19:48:07 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
 I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each 
 platforms (Windows, linux, macOS X)

 On Windows it's generally "C:\Windows\Fonts" but a direct 
 access seems brutal, it's certainly expected to retrieve this 
 path by using some register keys?

 Is someone know how it works for linux and/or macOS X?

 I need to be able to retrieve fastest as possible the right 
 file from the font and family name.

 Windows: call SHGetKnownFolderPath with FOLDERID_Fonts as rfid.

 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762188%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

 Nice, thx.

 Do you know if there is a table of fonts and there family, or 
 need open all font file my self?

I need to do some more tests, but scanning the registry seems 
working under Windows.
Here is my test code :

string	fontPathFromName(in string name, in Font.Family family = 
Font.Family.Regular)
{
     version(Windows)
     {
         import std.windows.registry;

         string	fontPath = "C:/Windows/Fonts/";
         string	fontFileName;
         Key		fontKey;

         fontKey = 
Registry.localMachine().getKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows 
NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts");

         if (family == Font.Family.Regular)
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " 
(TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         else if (family == Font.Family.Bold)
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " Bold 
(TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         else if (family == Font.Family.Italic)
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " Italic 
(TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         else if (family == (Font.Family.Bold | 
Font.Family.Italic))
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " Bold Italic 
(TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         return fontPath ~ fontFileName;
     }
}

unittest
{
     assert(fontPathFromName("Arial") == 
"C:/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf");
     assert(fontPathFromName("arial") == 
"C:/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf");	// Test with wrong case
     assert(fontPathFromName("Arial", Font.Family.Bold | 
Font.Family.Italic) == "C:/Windows/Fonts/arialbi.ttf");
}

Oct 15 2013

"Flamaros" <flamaros.xavier gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 23:10:32 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
 On Friday, 6 September 2013 at 20:54:53 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
 On Friday, 6 September 2013 at 16:05:43 UTC, Tourist wrote:
 On Thursday, 5 September 2013 at 19:48:07 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
 I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each 
 platforms (Windows, linux, macOS X)

 On Windows it's generally "C:\Windows\Fonts" but a direct 
 access seems brutal, it's certainly expected to retrieve 
 this path by using some register keys?

 Is someone know how it works for linux and/or macOS X?

 I need to be able to retrieve fastest as possible the right 
 file from the font and family name.

 Windows: call SHGetKnownFolderPath with FOLDERID_Fonts as 
 rfid.

 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762188%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

 Nice, thx.

 Do you know if there is a table of fonts and there family, or 
 need open all font file my self?

 I need to do some more tests, but scanning the registry seems 
 working under Windows.
 Here is my test code :

 string	fontPathFromName(in string name, in Font.Family family = 
 Font.Family.Regular)
 {
     version(Windows)
     {
         import std.windows.registry;

         string	fontPath = "C:/Windows/Fonts/";
         string	fontFileName;
         Key		fontKey;

         fontKey = 
 Registry.localMachine().getKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows 
 NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts");

         if (family == Font.Family.Regular)
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " 
 (TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         else if (family == Font.Family.Bold)
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " Bold 
 (TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         else if (family == Font.Family.Italic)
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " Italic 
 (TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         else if (family == (Font.Family.Bold | 
 Font.Family.Italic))
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " Bold 
 Italic (TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         return fontPath ~ fontFileName;
     }
 }

 unittest
 {
     assert(fontPathFromName("Arial") == 
 "C:/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf");
     assert(fontPathFromName("arial") == 
 "C:/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf");	// Test with wrong case
     assert(fontPathFromName("Arial", Font.Family.Bold | 
 Font.Family.Italic) == "C:/Windows/Fonts/arialbi.ttf");
 }

I did some progress with fontconfig under linux, I'll try to use 
it for Windows too.

Nov 08 2013

Xavier Bigand <flamaros.xavier gmail.com> writes:

Le 08/11/2013 21:05, Flamaros a écrit :
 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 23:10:32 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
 On Friday, 6 September 2013 at 20:54:53 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
 On Friday, 6 September 2013 at 16:05:43 UTC, Tourist wrote:
 On Thursday, 5 September 2013 at 19:48:07 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
 I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each
 platforms (Windows, linux, macOS X)

 On Windows it's generally "C:\Windows\Fonts" but a direct access
 seems brutal, it's certainly expected to retrieve this path by
 using some register keys?

 Is someone know how it works for linux and/or macOS X?

 I need to be able to retrieve fastest as possible the right file
 from the font and family name.

 Windows: call SHGetKnownFolderPath with FOLDERID_Fonts as rfid.

 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762188%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

 Nice, thx.

 Do you know if there is a table of fonts and there family, or need
 open all font file my self?

 I need to do some more tests, but scanning the registry seems working
 under Windows.
 Here is my test code :

 string    fontPathFromName(in string name, in Font.Family family =
 Font.Family.Regular)
 {
     version(Windows)
     {
         import std.windows.registry;

         string    fontPath = "C:/Windows/Fonts/";
         string    fontFileName;
         Key        fontKey;

         fontKey =
 Registry.localMachine().getKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows
 NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts");

         if (family == Font.Family.Regular)
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ "
 (TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         else if (family == Font.Family.Bold)
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " Bold
 (TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         else if (family == Font.Family.Italic)
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " Italic
 (TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         else if (family == (Font.Family.Bold | Font.Family.Italic))
             fontFileName = fontKey.getValue(name ~ " Bold Italic
 (TrueType)").value_EXPAND_SZ();
         return fontPath ~ fontFileName;
     }
 }

 unittest
 {
     assert(fontPathFromName("Arial") == "C:/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf");
     assert(fontPathFromName("arial") ==
 "C:/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf");    // Test with wrong case
     assert(fontPathFromName("Arial", Font.Family.Bold |
 Font.Family.Italic) == "C:/Windows/Fonts/arialbi.ttf");
 }

 I did some progress with fontconfig under linux, I'll try to use it for
 Windows too.

I find a way to make it work under Windows.
I also bind almost all fontconfig API in a similar way of Derelict.

If someone is interested look font.d at :
https://github.com/D-Quick/DQuick

PS : I took fontconfig dll from GTK packages

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