plot_glyph_stats {systemfonts}R Documentation

Create a visual representation of what the various glyph stats mean

Description

This function helps you understand the concepts of width, height, bearing, and advance by annotating a glyph with the various measures

Usage

plot_glyph_stats(
  glyph,
  family = "",
  italic = FALSE,
  weight = "normal",
  width = "undefined",
  size = 12,
  res = 72,
  variation = font_variation(),
  path = NULL,
  index = 0
)

Arguments

glyph

The character to plot

family

The name of the font families to match

italic

logical indicating the font slant

weight

The weight to query for, either in numbers (0, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, or 900) or strings ("undefined", "thin", "ultralight", "light", "normal", "medium", "semibold", "bold", "ultrabold", or "heavy"). NA will be interpreted as "undefined"/0

width

The width to query for either in numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9) or strings ("undefined", "ultracondensed", "extracondensed", "condensed", "semicondensed", "normal", "semiexpanded", "expanded", "extraexpanded", or "ultraexpanded"). NA will be interpreted as "undefined"/0

size

The pointsize of the font to use for size related measures

res

The ppi of the size related measures

variation

A font_variation object or a list of them to control variable fonts

path, index

path an index of a font file to circumvent lookup based on family and style

Value

This function is called for its side effects

Examples

plot_glyph_stats("g")
[Package systemfonts version 1.3.2 Index]