plot_glyph_stats: 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
)

Value

This function is called for its side effects

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

Examples

Run this code

plot_glyph_stats("g")

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