Function Context.textPath
Adds closed paths for text
to the current path. The generated
path if filled, achieves an effect similar to that of
showText
().
Text conversion and positioning is done similar to showText
().
Like showText
(), After this call the current point
is moved
to the origin of where the next glyph would be placed in this
same progression. That is, the current point
will be at the
origin of the final glyph offset by its advance values. This
allows for chaining multiple calls to to textPath
()
without having to set current point
in between.
Prototype
void textPath(
string text
);
Note
The textPath
() function call is part of what the
cairo designers call the "toy" text
API. It is convenient for
short demos and simple programs, but it is not expected
to be adequate for serious text
-using applications. See
glyphPath
() for the "real" text
path API in cairo.
Authors
Johannes Pfau | cairoD |
Andrej Mitrovic | cairoD |
cairo team | cairo |
Copyright
License
cairoD wrapper/bindings | Boost License 1.0 |
cairo | LGPL 2.1 / MPL 1.1 |