pangocffi

pangocffi is a CFFI-based set of Python bindings for pango.

pangocffi on its own is not that useful, since it depends on a PangoFontMap being declared against the PangoContext. PangoFontMap instances can easily be retrieved from libraries such as PangoCairo, PangoXft, PangoFT2, and PangoWin32 (See gnome’s documentation ‘Rendering with Pango’ for a list of rendering engines).

See pangocairocffi for bindings that allow you to render pango objects with cairo.

The bindings are currently not fully implemented. Feel free to make a pull request to contribute!

Documentation

• Overview
  • Installing
    • Installing Pango, GLib, FFI
    • Installing pangocffi
  • Importing pangocffi
  • Basic usage
• Python API reference
  • Rendering
    • Context
      • Context.font_description
      • Context.base_gravity
      • Context.gravity
      • Context.gravity_hint
      • Context.load_font()
  • Glyph Storage
    • Units and conversion
      • units_to_double()
      • units_from_double()
    • Rectangle
      • Rectangle
        • Rectangle.x
        • Rectangle.y
        • Rectangle.width
        • Rectangle.height
    • Matrix
    • Glyph String
    • Glyph Item
      • GlyphItem
        • GlyphItem.item
        • GlyphItem.split()
        • GlyphItem.get_logical_widths()
    • Glyph Item Iterator
      • GlyphItemIter
        • GlyphItemIter.init_start()
        • GlyphItemIter.init_end()
        • GlyphItemIter.next_cluster()
        • GlyphItemIter.prev_cluster()
        • GlyphItemIter.glyph_item
        • GlyphItemIter.text
        • GlyphItemIter.start_index
        • GlyphItemIter.end_index
    • Item
      • Item
        • Item.offset
        • Item.length
        • Item.num_chars
  • Fonts
    • Font Description
      • FontDescription
        • FontDescription.family
        • FontDescription.style
        • FontDescription.variant
        • FontDescription.stretch
        • FontDescription.size
        • FontDescription.size_is_absolute
        • FontDescription.gravity
        • FontDescription.set_absolute_size()
    • Font
      • Font
        • Font.get_metrics()
    • Font Metrics
      • FontMetrics
        • FontMetrics.approximate_char_width
        • FontMetrics.approximate_digit_width
        • FontMetrics.ascent
        • FontMetrics.descent
        • FontMetrics.height
        • FontMetrics.strikethrough_position
        • FontMetrics.strikethrough_thickness
        • FontMetrics.underline_position
        • FontMetrics.underline_thickness
    • Font Map
    • Font Set
    • Font Fields
      • Style
        • Style
          • Style.NORMAL
          • Style.OBLIQUE
          • Style.ITALIC
      • Weight
        • Weight
          • Weight.THIN
          • Weight.ULTRALIGHT
          • Weight.LIGHT
          • Weight.SEMILIGHT
          • Weight.BOOK
          • Weight.NORMAL
          • Weight.MEDIUM
          • Weight.SEMIBOLD
          • Weight.BOLD
          • Weight.ULTRABOLD
          • Weight.HEAVY
          • Weight.ULTRAHEAVY
      • Variant
        • Variant
          • Variant.NORMAL
          • Variant.SMALL_CAPS
      • Stretch
        • Stretch
          • Stretch.ULTRA_CONDENSED
          • Stretch.EXTRA_CONDENSED
          • Stretch.CONDENSED
          • Stretch.SEMI_CONDENSED
          • Stretch.NORMAL
          • Stretch.SEMI_EXPANDED
          • Stretch.EXPANDED
          • Stretch.EXTRA_EXPANDED
          • Stretch.ULTRA_EXPANDED
      • FontMask
        • FontMask
          • FontMask.FAMILY
          • FontMask.STYLE
          • FontMask.VARIANT
          • FontMask.WEIGHT
          • FontMask.STRETCH
          • FontMask.SIZE
          • FontMask.GRAVITY
  • Text Attributes
    • Attribute
      • Attribute
        • Attribute.start_index
        • Attribute.end_index
        • Attribute.from_family()
        • Attribute.from_style()
        • Attribute.from_variant()
        • Attribute.from_stretch()
        • Attribute.from_weight()
        • Attribute.from_size()
        • Attribute.from_size_absolute()
        • Attribute.from_font_desc()
        • Attribute.from_foreground_color()
        • Attribute.from_background_color()
        • Attribute.from_strikethrough()
        • Attribute.from_strikethrough_color()
        • Attribute.from_underline()
        • Attribute.from_underline_color()
        • Attribute.from_shape()
        • Attribute.from_scale()
        • Attribute.from_rise()
        • Attribute.from_letter_spacing()
        • Attribute.from_fallback()
        • Attribute.from_gravity()
        • Attribute.from_gravity_hints()
        • Attribute.from_font_features()
        • Attribute.from_foreground_alpha()
        • Attribute.from_background_alpha()
    • AttrList
      • AttrList
        • AttrList.insert()
        • AttrList.insert_before()
        • AttrList.change()
        • AttrList.splice()
  • Tab Stops
    • TabArray
      • TabArray
        • TabArray.tabs
        • TabArray.decimal_point
        • TabArray.positions_in_pixels
    • TabAlign
      • TabAlign
        • TabAlign.LEFT
        • TabAlign.RIGHT
        • TabAlign.CENTER
        • TabAlign.DECIMAL
  • Text Attribute Markup
  • Layout Objects
    • Layout
      • Layout
        • Layout.context
        • Layout.text
        • Layout.font_description
        • Layout.width
        • Layout.height
        • Layout.spacing
        • Layout.alignment
        • Layout.ellipsize
        • Layout.wrap
        • Layout.attributes
        • Layout.tabs
        • Layout.apply_markup()
        • Layout.get_extents()
        • Layout.get_size()
        • Layout.get_baseline()
        • Layout.get_line_count()
        • Layout.get_iter()
    • Layout Iterator
      • LayoutIter
        • LayoutIter.next_run()
        • LayoutIter.next_char()
        • LayoutIter.next_cluster()
        • LayoutIter.next_line()
        • LayoutIter.at_last_line()
        • LayoutIter.get_index()
        • LayoutIter.get_baseline()
        • LayoutIter.get_run()
        • LayoutIter.get_char_extents()
        • LayoutIter.get_cluster_extents()
        • LayoutIter.get_run_extents()
        • LayoutIter.get_line_yrange()
        • LayoutIter.get_line_extents()
        • LayoutIter.get_layout_extents()
    • Layout Line
    • Layout Run
      • LayoutRun
    • Layout Modes
      • Wrap Mode
        • WrapMode
          • WrapMode.WORD
          • WrapMode.CHAR
          • WrapMode.WORD_CHAR
      • Ellipsize Mode
        • EllipsizeMode
          • EllipsizeMode.NONE
          • EllipsizeMode.START
          • EllipsizeMode.MIDDLE
          • EllipsizeMode.END
      • Alignment
        • Alignment
          • Alignment.LEFT
          • Alignment.CENTER
          • Alignment.RIGHT
  • Scripts and Languages
    • Script
    • Language
      • Language
        • Language.from_string()
        • Language.default()
        • Language.preferred()
        • Language.get_sample_string()
        • Language.matches()
        • Language.to_string()
  • Underlined Text
    • Underline
      • Underline.NONE
      • Underline.SINGLE
      • Underline.DOUBLE
      • Underline.LOW
      • Underline.ERROR
  • Bidirectional Text
  • Vertical Text
    • Gravity
      • Gravity
        • Gravity.SOUTH
        • Gravity.EAST
        • Gravity.NORTH
        • Gravity.WEST
        • Gravity.AUTO
    • Gravity Hints
      • GravityHint
        • GravityHint.NATURAL
        • GravityHint.STRONG
        • GravityHint.LINE
  • Low Level Functionality
    • Version Checking
      • pango_version()
      • pango_version_string()
    • Pango Object
      • PangoObject
        • PangoObject.pointer
        • PangoObject.from_pointer()
• CFFI API
  • Module-level objects
    • ffi
    • pango
• Binding progress
  • Basic Pango Interfaces
  • Low Level functionality
• Changelog
• Contributing