Fontkit Object

This documentation for fontkit is created and provided by the Typogram team. It’s a third-party documentation intended to delve deeper into the fontkit API. For the most accurate information, refer to fontkit’s official documentation.

The main fontkit object is the entry point to the library and provides methods for opening and reading font files. Here's a detailed look at the fontkit object's methods and properties:

Methods:

fontkit.openSync(filePath, postscriptName)

• Description: Opens a font file synchronously and returns a Font object.

• Parameters:

  • filePath: The path to the font file.

  • postscriptName: (Optional) The specific font to load in case the file contains multiple fonts.

fontkit.open(filePath, postscriptName, callback)

• Description: Opens a font file asynchronously.

• Parameters:

  • filePath: The path to the font file.

  • postscriptName: (Optional) The specific font to load in case the file contains multiple fonts.

  • callback: Function to be called once the font is loaded. It follows the typical node callback pattern where the first argument is an error, and the second is the resulting Font object.

fontkit.create(buffer, postscriptName)

• Description: Creates a new Font object from a buffer. This is useful if you've already read the font file into memory or if you're retrieving it from a source other than the file system.

• Parameters:

  • buffer: A buffer containing the font data.

  • postscriptName: (Optional) The specific font to load in case the buffer contains multiple fonts.

Properties:

The primary interactions with the fontkit object are through the methods listed above. There aren't specific notable properties directly on the fontkit object itself; most of the functionality and properties you'd interact with are on the objects it returns (like the Font object).

Supported Font Formats:

Fontkit is known for its comprehensive support for different font formats. While this isn't directly a method or property on the fontkit object, it's worth noting that Fontkit supports formats like:

• TrueType (ttf)

• OpenType (otf)

• WOFF & WOFF2

• TrueType Collection (ttc)

• Datafork TrueType Suite (dfont)

• And more...

Use fontkit in browser context:

npm install fontkit

import * as fontkit from 'fontkit';

const response = await fetch(url);
const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
const buf = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer);
const font = fontkit.create(buf);