freetypy.Face.get_track_kerning¶
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Face.
get_track_kerning
()¶ Return the track kerning for a given face object at a given size.
Parameters: point_size : float
The point size in fractional points.
degree : int
The degree of tightness. Increasingly negative values represent tighter track kerning, while increasingly positive values represent looser track kerning. Value zero means no track kerning.
Returns: kerning : float
The track kerning between the glyphs.
Notes
Currently, only the Type 1 font driver supports track kerning, using data from AFM files (if attached with
attach
).Only very few AFM files come with track kerning data; please refer to the Adobe’s AFM specification for more details.