class: Font

[12:14] static extends: object

Wraps JavaFX Font, which specifies a text font by family, style, and size for use in text nodes and labeled controls. This static class provides methods to look up a font by name from the system font registry, or to load a custom font from a local file or a remote URL. All methods return a FxObj wrapping the underlying javafx.scene.text.Font instance.

Methods

get (string FontName, double FontSize)

Gets a font with the provided font name and size.
- @p FontName is a string with the local font to get.
- @p FontSize is a double with the font size to use.
- @r A FxObj object with the font resource.
load (string FileStr, double FontSize)

Gets a font with the provided URL string and size.
- @p FileStr is a string with the file name where to get the font.
- @p FontSize is a double with the font size to use.
- @r A FxObj object with the font resource.
loadUrl (string UrlStr, double FontSize)

Gets a font with the provided URL string and size.
- @p UrlStr is a string with the URL where to get the font.
- @p FontSize is a double with the font size to use.
- @r A FxObj object with the font resource.
getName (object FontObj)

Returns the full font name (family plus style) for the given font.
- @p FontObj is a FxObj wrapping a javafx.scene.text.Font.
- @r A string with the font name.
getFamily (object FontObj)

Returns the family name for the given font.
- @p FontObj is a FxObj wrapping a javafx.scene.text.Font.
- @r A string with the family name.
getStyle (object FontObj)

Returns the style description (e.g. Regular, Bold, Italic) for the given font.
- @p FontObj is a FxObj wrapping a javafx.scene.text.Font.
- @r A string with the style description.
getSize (object FontObj)

Returns the point size of the given font.
- @p FontObj is a FxObj wrapping a javafx.scene.text.Font.
- @r A double with the point size.
getDefault ()

Returns the platform default font.
- @r A FxObj wrapping the default javafx.scene.text.Font.
font (string Family, string Weight, string Posture, double FontSize)

Gets a font by family name, weight, and posture at the given size.
- @p Family is a string with the font family, for example "Arial".
- @p Weight is a javafx.scene.text.FontWeight constant name, for example "NORMAL", "BOLD", or "LIGHT".
- @p Posture is a javafx.scene.text.FontPosture constant name, either "REGULAR" or "ITALIC".
- @p FontSize is a double with the font size to use.
- @r A FxObj object with the font resource.
getFamilies ()

Returns the list of font family names available on the system.
- @r A list of strings with the family names.
getFontNames ()

Returns the list of full font names available on the system.
- @r A list of strings with the font names.
getFontNamesForFamily (string Family)

Returns the list of full font names available for a given family.
- @p Family is a string with the font family to list.
- @r A list of strings with the font names in that family.
loadFonts (string FileStr, double FontSize)

Loads every font contained in a local font file (for example a .ttc collection) at the given size.
- @p FileStr is a string with the path to the font file.
- @p FontSize is a double with the font size to use.
- @r A list of FxObj objects, one per font loaded from the file.