Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Brian Fisher br...@hamsterrepublic.com wrote: Well in that case, it seems that knowing the size value passed to the constructor is only half of what you need to make a font at twice the size of the original. You are not missing anything Brian, if facts you are right... I can do anything with the size info alone... I think that is not so good not beeing able to take those infos from the Font object, but now I see that is not so important! I will followe that path of the wrapper FakeFont class! Thank you all! -- -- luca
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Noah Kantrowitz n...@coderanger.net wrote: You clearly don't understand how C classes work. Please consult the Python documentation. Thanks you all guys. I perfectly understand the problem, however adding a new attribute isn't what I was looking for. The Front wrapper class seems the best way I can use. For who asked: I wanted to write down an utility that given a Font can enable a raise effect that major the size of 100%, 200%, ... PS: you think that adding at C level a new font_size, readonly attribute can be a valid request for future Pygame release? I think that this can hovewer be useful... -- -- luca
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
James Paige wrote: On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:54:38PM -0800, Lenard Lindstrom wrote: Hi, James Paige wrote: [snip] f.pointsize = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object has no attribute 'pointsize' I'm guessing that since pygame.font.Font is impelmented in C, it doesn't allow new members to be added as it would if it was implemented in python (Correct me if I am wrong) You're right. Font instances lack attribute dictionaries. It was a design decision, or omission, and not a restriction of Font being implemented in C. Ah, interesting. I stand corrected. Why was the attribute dictionary left out? What is the advantage? Is it a performance thing? Basically to save memory. It is also easy to overlook when coding a new extension type. -- Lenard Lindstrom le...@telus.net
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
On Jan 13, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Luca wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Noah Kantrowitz n...@coderanger.net wrote: You clearly don't understand how C classes work. Please consult the Python documentation. Thanks you all guys. I perfectly understand the problem, however adding a new attribute isn't what I was looking for. The Front wrapper class seems the best way I can use. For who asked: I wanted to write down an utility that given a Font can enable a raise effect that major the size of 100%, 200%, ... PS: you think that adding at C level a new font_size, readonly attribute can be a valid request for future Pygame release? I think that this can hovewer be useful... As was mentioned, using the size you pass to the font initially is probably the wrong thing to do. The .size() function gives you the actual pixel size of the font. --Noah
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:12:54AM -0800, Lenard Lindstrom wrote: James Paige wrote: On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:54:38PM -0800, Lenard Lindstrom wrote: Hi, James Paige wrote: [snip] f.pointsize = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object has no attribute 'pointsize' I'm guessing that since pygame.font.Font is impelmented in C, it doesn't allow new members to be added as it would if it was implemented in python (Correct me if I am wrong) You're right. Font instances lack attribute dictionaries. It was a design decision, or omission, and not a restriction of Font being implemented in C. Ah, interesting. I stand corrected. Why was the attribute dictionary left out? What is the advantage? Is it a performance thing? Basically to save memory. It is also easy to overlook when coding a new extension type. I see. Thanks for the clarification :) --- James Paige
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Noah Kantrowitz n...@coderanger.net wrote: As far as I know, there's no way to get the size of the font that way. What I do is name the font names in an intuitive way: Font12 = pygame.font.Font(, 12) Font18 = pygame.font.Font(, 18) Font36 = pygame.font.Font(, 36) Thanks all, but in this way is impossible to get the size on an unknow font? I'm making a library for developer that need to know what is the font size that the developer can have choosen... -- -- luca
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
At some point, you're going to have to have a pygame.font.{Sys|}Font() call,
and in that call, you're going to have to specify a size. The developer
will either have to specify a size to load (so the developer already knows)
or load every size. If the latter is the case and choosing an arbitrary
size is then a problem, you can make your own font class with the relevant
attribute for each font size.
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Luca luca...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks all, but in this way is impossible to get the size on an unknow font? I'm making a library for developer that need to know what is the font size that the developer can have choosen... The problem is that SDL does not currently expose the size property in a reliable way, so getting the size argument that was used to create the font object is not really practical. However, pygame.font does expose a number of metrics (ascent, descent, max height, line spacing and sizing info and advance for individual characters) about the rendered font that can be used to figure out how to work with a font in a large number of cases, regardless of the point size argument used in the font's constructor. In fact, the point size of the font may not actually relate to anything about the font's rendered pixel size (that's really up to the font designed, who's allowed to design outside the box in a number of ways), so the point size itself can be misleading in determining positioning choices depending on the individual ttf used. So Luca, what are you trying to do with the font object passed in, in your library? In what way do you expect the font point size passed into the constructor to the Font object to help you with that task?
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
Create a basic Font() wrapper. When you create the font, save the size. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Luca luca...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Noah Kantrowitz n...@coderanger.net wrote: As far as I know, there's no way to get the size of the font that way. What I do is name the font names in an intuitive way: Font12 = pygame.font.Font(, 12) Font18 = pygame.font.Font(, 18) Font36 = pygame.font.Font(, 36) Thanks all, but in this way is impossible to get the size on an unknow font? I'm making a library for developer that need to know what is the font size that the developer can have choosen... -- -- luca -- Jake
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
Seems to me like this should work: class SizeFont(pygame.font.Font): def __init__(self, filename, size): pygame.font.Font.__init__(self, filename, size) self.size = size --- James Paige On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:07:11PM -0600, Jake b wrote: Create a basic Font() wrapper. When you create the font, save the size. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Luca luca...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Noah Kantrowitz n...@coderanger.net wrote: As far as I know, there's no way to get the size of the font that way. What I do is name the font names in an intuitive way: Font12 = pygame.font.Font(, 12) Font18 = pygame.font.Font(, 18) Font36 = pygame.font.Font(, 36) Thanks all, but in this way is impossible to get the size on an unknow font? I'm making a library for developer that need to know what is the font size that the developer can have choosen... -- -- luca -- Jake
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
You can also just violate the object by giving it an extra attribute: f = pygame.font.Font(filename, size) f.new_attribute = size I'm pretty sure any OO enthusiast would applaud this method. There is certainly nothing bad that can be said about my method. No sir. =D -Thiago On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:48 AM, James Paige b...@hamsterrepublic.com wrote: Seems to me like this should work: class SizeFont(pygame.font.Font): def __init__(self, filename, size): pygame.font.Font.__init__(self, filename, size) self.size = size --- James Paige On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:07:11PM -0600, Jake b wrote: Create a basic Font() wrapper. When you create the font, save the size. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Luca luca...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Noah Kantrowitz n...@coderanger.net wrote: As far as I know, there's no way to get the size of the font that way. What I do is name the font names in an intuitive way: Font12 = pygame.font.Font(, 12) Font18 = pygame.font.Font(, 18) Font36 = pygame.font.Font(, 36) Thanks all, but in this way is impossible to get the size on an unknow font? I'm making a library for developer that need to know what is the font size that the developer can have choosen... -- -- luca -- Jake
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
The only bad thing I can say about it is that it simply doesn't work :( f = pygame.font.Font(None, 12) f.size = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object attribute 'size' is read-only And that is not just because Font already has a method named .size() f.pointsize = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object has no attribute 'pointsize' I'm guessing that since pygame.font.Font is impelmented in C, it doesn't allow new members to be added as it would if it was implemented in python (Correct me if I am wrong) --- James Paige On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 01:54:30AM +0200, Thiago Chaves wrote: You can also just violate the object by giving it an extra attribute: f = pygame.font.Font(filename, size) f.new_attribute = size I'm pretty sure any OO enthusiast would applaud this method. There is certainly nothing bad that can be said about my method. No sir. =D -Thiago On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:48 AM, James Paige b...@hamsterrepublic.com wrote: Seems to me like this should work: class SizeFont(pygame.font.Font): def __init__(self, filename, size): pygame.font.Font.__init__(self, filename, size) self.size = size --- James Paige On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:07:11PM -0600, Jake b wrote: Create a basic Font() wrapper. When you create the font, save the size. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Luca luca...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Noah Kantrowitz n...@coderanger.net wrote: As far as I know, there's no way to get the size of the font that way. What I do is name the font names in an intuitive way: Font12 = pygame.font.Font(, 12) Font18 = pygame.font.Font(, 18) Font36 = pygame.font.Font(, 36) Thanks all, but in this way is impossible to get the size on an unknow font? I'm making a library for developer that need to know what is the font size that the developer can have choosen... -- -- luca -- Jake
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
I'm also sure that not working is hardly a serious issue. =P -Thiago On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:04 AM, James Paige b...@hamsterrepublic.com wrote: The only bad thing I can say about it is that it simply doesn't work :( f = pygame.font.Font(None, 12) f.size = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object attribute 'size' is read-only And that is not just because Font already has a method named .size() f.pointsize = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object has no attribute 'pointsize' I'm guessing that since pygame.font.Font is impelmented in C, it doesn't allow new members to be added as it would if it was implemented in python (Correct me if I am wrong) --- James Paige On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 01:54:30AM +0200, Thiago Chaves wrote: You can also just violate the object by giving it an extra attribute: f = pygame.font.Font(filename, size) f.new_attribute = size I'm pretty sure any OO enthusiast would applaud this method. There is certainly nothing bad that can be said about my method. No sir. =D -Thiago On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:48 AM, James Paige b...@hamsterrepublic.com wrote: Seems to me like this should work: class SizeFont(pygame.font.Font): def __init__(self, filename, size): pygame.font.Font.__init__(self, filename, size) self.size = size --- James Paige On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:07:11PM -0600, Jake b wrote: Create a basic Font() wrapper. When you create the font, save the size. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Luca luca...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Noah Kantrowitz n...@coderanger.net wrote: As far as I know, there's no way to get the size of the font that way. What I do is name the font names in an intuitive way: Font12 = pygame.font.Font(, 12) Font18 = pygame.font.Font(, 18) Font36 = pygame.font.Font(, 36) Thanks all, but in this way is impossible to get the size on an unknow font? I'm making a library for developer that need to know what is the font size that the developer can have choosen... -- -- luca -- Jake
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
Hi, James Paige wrote: The only bad thing I can say about it is that it simply doesn't work :( f = pygame.font.Font(None, 12) f.size = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object attribute 'size' is read-only And that is not just because Font already has a method named .size() f.pointsize = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object has no attribute 'pointsize' I'm guessing that since pygame.font.Font is impelmented in C, it doesn't allow new members to be added as it would if it was implemented in python (Correct me if I am wrong) You're right. Font instances lack attribute dictionaries. It was a design decision, or omission, and not a restriction of Font being implemented in C. --- James Paige On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 01:54:30AM +0200, Thiago Chaves wrote: You can also just violate the object by giving it an extra attribute: f = pygame.font.Font(filename, size) f.new_attribute = size -- Lenard Lindstrom le...@telus.net
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:54:38PM -0800, Lenard Lindstrom wrote: Hi, James Paige wrote: The only bad thing I can say about it is that it simply doesn't work :( f = pygame.font.Font(None, 12) f.size = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object attribute 'size' is read-only And that is not just because Font already has a method named .size() f.pointsize = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object has no attribute 'pointsize' I'm guessing that since pygame.font.Font is impelmented in C, it doesn't allow new members to be added as it would if it was implemented in python (Correct me if I am wrong) You're right. Font instances lack attribute dictionaries. It was a design decision, or omission, and not a restriction of Font being implemented in C. Ah, interesting. I stand corrected. Why was the attribute dictionary left out? What is the advantage? Is it a performance thing? --- James Paige
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
On Jan 12, 2009, at 8:46 PM, James Paige wrote: On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:54:38PM -0800, Lenard Lindstrom wrote: Hi, James Paige wrote: The only bad thing I can say about it is that it simply doesn't work :( f = pygame.font.Font(None, 12) f.size = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object attribute 'size' is read- only And that is not just because Font already has a method named .size() f.pointsize = 12 Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object has no attribute 'pointsize' I'm guessing that since pygame.font.Font is impelmented in C, it doesn't allow new members to be added as it would if it was implemented in python (Correct me if I am wrong) You're right. Font instances lack attribute dictionaries. It was a design decision, or omission, and not a restriction of Font being implemented in C. Ah, interesting. I stand corrected. Why was the attribute dictionary left out? What is the advantage? Is it a performance thing? You clearly don't understand how C classes work. Please consult the Python documentation. --Noah
[pygame] How the get a font size
Hi all. I'm looking at the Font class API's, but I found no way to get the size of a given font. When I create a new font like f1 = pygame.font.Font(, 12) how can I get the size value (12) after the creation? f1 DOT ??? Thanks! -- -- luca
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
As far as I know, there's no way to get the size of the font that way. What I do is name the font names in an intuitive way: Font12 = pygame.font.Font(, 12) Font18 = pygame.font.Font(, 18) Font36 = pygame.font.Font(, 36) Ian
Re: [pygame] How the get a font size
On Jan 11, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Ian Mallett wrote:
As far as I know, there's no way to get the size of the font that
way. What I do is name the font names in an intuitive way:
Font12 = pygame.font.Font(, 12)
Font18 = pygame.font.Font(, 18)
Font36 = pygame.font.Font(, 36)
Ian
fonts = {
12: pygame,
18: pygame,
36: pygame,
}
Not to be logical or something.
--Noah
