Function

Gimptext_fontname

Declaration [src]

GimpLayer*
gimp_text_fontname (
  GimpImage* image,
  GimpDrawable* drawable,
  gdouble x,
  gdouble y,
  const gchar* text,
  gint border,
  gboolean antialias,
  gdouble size,
  GimpSizeType size_type,
  const gchar* fontname
)

Description [src]

Add text at the specified location as a floating selection or a new layer.

This tool requires a fontname matching an installed PangoFT2 font. You can specify the fontsize in units of pixels or points, and the appropriate metric is specified using the size_type argument. The x and y parameters together control the placement of the new text by specifying the upper left corner of the text bounding box. If the specified drawable parameter is valid, the text will be created as a floating selection attached to the drawable. If the drawable parameter is not valid (NULL), the text will appear as a new layer. Finally, a border can be specified around the final rendered text. The border is measured in pixels. Parameter size-type is not used and is currently ignored. If you need to display a font in points, divide the size in points by 72.0 and multiply it by the image’s vertical resolution.

Parameters

image GimpImage
 

The image.

 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
drawable GimpDrawable
 

The affected drawable: (NULL for a new text layer).

 The argument can be NULL.
 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
x gdouble
 

The x coordinate for the left of the text bounding box.

y gdouble
 

The y coordinate for the top of the text bounding box.

text const gchar*
 

The text to generate (in UTF-8 encoding).

 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
 The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
border gint
 

The size of the border.

antialias gboolean
 

Antialiasing.

size gdouble
 

The size of text in either pixels or points.

size_type GimpSizeType
 

The units of specified size.

fontname const gchar*
 

The name of the font.

 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
 The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Returns: GimpLayer
 
     The new text layer or `NULL` if no layer was created.
 The data is owned by the called function.
 The return value can be NULL.