[PySide] conforming fonts between platforms

[Frank Rueter | OHUfx]

Actually, simply using setPixelSize and letting QT take care of the font 
family does the job in my case even as a standalone, i.e.:

         font = QApplication.font()
         self.fontTitle = font
         self.fontTitle.setPixelSize(12)
         self.fontTitle.setBold(True)

         self.fontSubTitle = QApplication.font()
         self.fontSubTitle.setPixelSize(10)
         self.fontSubTitle.setBold(False)





On 12/11/13 12:05, Frank Rueter | OHUfx wrote:
> Actually I realised that in my case I can simply inherit the system 
> font, because my app is meant to run inside of another host app which 
> is already doing the hard work with fonts.
> So in my case working with QApplication.font() magically solves all my 
> troubles (inside the host app, not as a standalone).
>
> I will check in with the guys who wrote the host app to see if they 
> can share the magic solution.
>
> Cheers,
> frank
>
>
> On 12/11/13 09:20, Frank Rueter | OHUfx wrote:
>> thanks Sean,
>>
>> I will give it a go (I'm on Ubunto as well at home)
>>
>> On 11/11/13 20:48, Sean Fisk wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Frank,
>>>
>>> I struggled with this a while ago 
>>> <http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/pyside/2013-April/001252.html> and 
>>> have it working on Windows and Mac OS X. Still having some problems 
>>> on GNU/Linux (specifically targeting Ubuntu) but my team is working 
>>> on it. We first compile some TTF files into our resources, then 
>>> import them in our program, then call this:
>>>
>>> |# fonts.py
>>>
>>> from  PySideimport  QtCore, QtGui
>>>
>>> def  init():
>>>      """Initialize embedded fonts."""
>>>      font_dir_resource = QtCore.QResource(':/fonts')
>>>      font_resource_path = font_dir_resource.absoluteFilePath()
>>>      for  ttf_filenamein  font_dir_resource.children():
>>>          # DON'T use `os.path.join()' here because Qt always uses UNIX-style
>>>          # paths. On Windows `os.sep' is '\\'.
>>>          res_file = QtCore.QFile('/'.join([font_resource_path, ttf_filename]))
>>>          # Must re-open the file in read-only mode to read the contents
>>>          # correctly.
>>>          res_file.open(QtCore.QIODevice.ReadOnly)
>>>          byte_array = res_file.readAll()
>>>          QtGui.QFontDatabase.addApplicationFontFromData(byte_array)|
>>>
>>> And to use it (snippet):
>>>
>>> |class  LoginView(QtGui.QDialog):
>>>      def  __init__(self, parent=None):
>>>          super(LoginView, self).__init__(parent)
>>>
>>>          # ...
>>>          self.title_font = QtGui.QFont('YourFontName',46)
>>>          self.title_font.setStyleStrategy(QtGui.QFont.PreferAntialias)
>>>          self.title_label = QtGui.QLabel('Your text in your font')
>>>          self.title_label.setFont(self.title_font)|
>>>
>>> Hope this helps. And if you get it working on GNU/Linux, let me know 
>>> what you did!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sean Fisk
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:24 AM, Frank Rueter | OHUfx 
>>> <frank at ohufx.com <mailto:frank at ohufx.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hi all,
>>>
>>>     I am facing the challenge I'm sure many of you have had to deal
>>>     with before:
>>>
>>>     I need to make sure that the font used in my application looks as
>>>     similar as posisble between windows, linux and osx.
>>>
>>>     I am currently using 12 point Helvetica, which turns into a 16 pixel
>>>     high Sans Nimbus L on my linux box messing up my custom widget's
>>>     layouts.
>>>
>>>     What is the best practise here?
>>>     Supposedly it is possible to compile a font into a resource
>>>     which would
>>>     ensure almost identical results, right?! Has anybody ever done
>>>     this before?
>>>
>>>     Cheers,
>>>     frank
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