tools/perl-5.8.0/lib/site_perl/5.8.0/sun4-solaris/Tk/X11Font.pod


=head1 NAME

Tk::Font - a class for finding X Fonts

=for pm Tk/X11Font.pm

=for category Tk Generic Methods

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 use Tk::X11Font;

 $font = $widget->X11Font(foundry => 'adobe',
                       family  => 'times',
                       point   => 120
                      );

 $font = $widget->X11Font('*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-*');

=head1 DESCRIPTION

   This module can be use to interrogate the X server what fonts are
   avaliable.

=head1 METHODS

=head2 Foundry( [ $val ] )

=head2 Family( [ $val ] )

=head2 Weight( [ $val ] )

=head2 Slant( [ $val ] )

=head2 Swidth( [ $val ] )

=head2 Adstyle( [ $val ] )

=head2 Pixel( [ $val ] )

=head2 Point( [ $val ] )

=head2 Xres( [ $val ] )

=head2 Yres( [ $val ] )

=head2 Space( [ $val ] )

=head2 Avgwidth( [ $val ] )

=head2 Registry( [ $val ] )

=head2 Encoding( [ $val ] )

Set the given field in the font name to C<$val> if given and return the current
or previous value

=head2 Name( [ $max ] )

In a list context it returns a list of all font names that match the
fields given. It will return a maximum of C<$max> names, or 128 if
$max is not given.

In a scalar contex it returns the first matching name or undef

=head2 Clone( [ key => value, [ ...]] )

Create a duplicate of the curent font object and modify the given fields

=head1 AUTHOR

Graham Barr <Graham.Barr@tiuk.ti.com>

=head1 HISTORY

11-Jan-96 Initial version

08-Nov-98 Renamed for Tk800.012

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free
software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms
as Perl itself.

=cut