freetypy.Glyph

class freetypy.Glyph

Contains information pertaining to a single glyph.

Notes

If Face.load_glyph is called with default flags (see LOAD.DEFAULT) the glyph image is loaded in the glyph slot in its native format (e.g., an outline glyph for TrueType and Type 1 formats).

This image can later be converted into a bitmap by calling Glyph.render.

Attributes

advance	The transformed advance width for the glyph (in fractional pixels).
bitmap	Get the Bitmap from this Glyph if it has been rendered.
bitmap_left	This is the bitmap’s left bearing expressed in integer pixels.
bitmap_top	This is the bitmap’s top bearing expressed in integer pixels.
face	The parent face object.
format	This field indicates the format of the image contained in the glyph slot.
linear_hori_advance	The advance width of the unhinted glyph.
linear_vert_advance	The advance height of the unhinted glyph.
lsb_delta	The difference between hinted and unhinted left side bearing while autohinting is active.
metrics	The GlyphMetrics of the glyph.
outline	The outline descriptor for the current glyph image if its format is GLYPH_FORMAT.OUTLINE.
rsb_delta	The difference between hinted and unhinted right side bearing while autohinting is active.
subglyphs	A sequence of all of the subglyphs that make up the glyph.

Methods

get_cbox	Return a glyph’s ‘control box’.
render	Convert a given glyph image to a Bitmap.