neoscore.interface.font_interface

class neoscore.interface.font_interface.FontInterface[source]

Bases: object

An interface for fonts, exposing some commonly used metadata.

ascent: Unit

The ascent of the font.

The ascent is the vertical distance between the font baseline and the highest any font characters reach.

descent: Unit

The descent of the font.

The ascent is the vertical distance between the font baseline and the lowest any font characters reach.

x_height: Unit

The x-height for the font.

This is generally similar, if not identical, to the em size.

__init__(family_name: str, size: Unit, weight: Optional[int], italic: bool) → None

bounding_rect_of(text: str) → Rect[source]: Calculate the tight bounding rectangle around a string in this font.