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in thread Win32 Module to return font filename from full font name/weight/slant ?

Yes, the font naming can be a bit random, but in general the last pieces are the weight and slant (but what the difference between italic and oblique is I'm not certain, they look the same to me...). Fortunately, we have regexen, so dealing with those issues should be feasible.

As to loading a "similar" font, I'd never knowingly do that; however, I am thinking of providing a "get_ttf_matching('string')" i/f that returns the list of fonts that start with 'string'.

And the URL you gave is what got me rolling down this hill in the first place, but thanks for the pointer!

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Re^3: Win32 Module to return font filename from full font name/weight/slant ?
by hsmyers (Canon) on Jan 04, 2006 at 20:29 UTC

    It's not that you would load a similar font, under the windows regime, the OS loads a similar font if it can't find an exact match! Then it cheerfully goes on about your business as if what it did were perfectly reasonable. GRRRR! Sigh!!

    Typically the difference between italic and oblique is that an italic font is designed to slant, while oblique is just knocked up the side of it's head and made to tilt. Use italic over oblique is best from the typophile point of view.

    --hsm

    "Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."
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