---
name: "qfontmanager"
section: "3qt"
platform: "linux"
package: "qt3-doc"
version: "3:3.3.8b-7"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/qfontmanager"
---

# qfontmanager(3qt)

Implements font management in Qt/Embedded

## NAME

QFontManager - Implements font management in Qt/Embedded

## SYNOPSIS

`#include <qfontmanager_qws.h>`

### Public Members

**QFontManager ()**\
 **~QFontManager ()**\
 **QDiskFont \* get ( const QFontDef & f )**\

### Static Public Members

**void initialize ()**\
 **void cleanup ()**\

## DESCRIPTION

The QFontManager class implements font management in Qt/Embedded.

There is one and only one QFontManager per Qt/Embedded application. The `qt_fontmanager` global variable points to it. It keeps a list of font factories, a cache of rendered fonts and a list of fonts available on disk. QFontManager is called when a new font needs to be rendered from a Freetype-compatible or BDF font on disk; this only happens if there isn't an appropriate QPF font already available.

See also Qt/Embedded.

## MEMBER FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

## QFontManager::QFontManager ()

Creates a font manager. This method reads in the font definition file from `INSTALL/lib/fonts/fontdir`, where `INSTALL` is the directory where Qt/Embedded was installed, and creates a list of QDiskFonts to hold the information in the file. It also constructs any defined font factories.

## QFontManager::~QFontManager ()

Destroys the QFontManager and sets `qt_fontmanager` to 0.

## void QFontManager::cleanup ()` [static]`

Destroys the font manager

## QDiskFont \* QFontManager::get ( const QFontDef & f )

Returns the QDiskFont that best matches *f*, based on family, weight, italicity and font size.

## void QFontManager::initialize ()` [static]`

Creates a new QFontManager and points `qt_fontmanager` to it

## SEE ALSO

**http://doc.trolltech.com/qfontmanager.html** **http://www.trolltech.com/faq/tech.html**

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1992-2007 Trolltech ASA, http://www.trolltech.com.  See the license file included in the distribution for a complete license statement.

## AUTHOR

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