Fixed typo in wxFileName::GetHumanReadableSize docs.

[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / font.h

diff --git a/interface/wx/font.h b/interface/wx/font.h
index 1fe3f816be4f4916abac86886db8e28e884f1409..ffa5505743bb49e5a2af87a545742e9ac30ea394 100644 (file)
--- a/interface/wx/font.h
+++ b/interface/wx/font.h
@@ -3,27 +3,42 @@
 // Purpose:     interface of wxFont
 // Author:      wxWidgets team
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
 // Purpose:     interface of wxFont
 // Author:      wxWidgets team
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$

-// Licence:     wxWindows license
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence

 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
 /**
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
 /**

-    Standard font families: these may be used only for the font creation, it
-    doesn't make sense to query an existing font for its font family as,
-    especially if the font had been created from a native font description, it
-    may be unknown.
+    Standard font families: these are used mainly during wxFont creation to specify
+    the generic properties of the font without hardcoding in the sources a specific
+    face name.
+
+    wxFontFamily thus allows to group the font face names of fonts with similar
+    properties. Most wxWidgets ports use lists of fonts for each font family
+    inspired by the data taken from http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family.

 */
 enum wxFontFamily
 {
     wxFONTFAMILY_DEFAULT = wxDEFAULT,           //!< Chooses a default font.
 */
 enum wxFontFamily
 {
     wxFONTFAMILY_DEFAULT = wxDEFAULT,           //!< Chooses a default font.

+

     wxFONTFAMILY_DECORATIVE = wxDECORATIVE,     //!< A decorative font.
     wxFONTFAMILY_ROMAN = wxROMAN,               //!< A formal, serif font.
     wxFONTFAMILY_SCRIPT = wxSCRIPT,             //!< A handwriting font.
     wxFONTFAMILY_SWISS = wxSWISS,               //!< A sans-serif font.
     wxFONTFAMILY_DECORATIVE = wxDECORATIVE,     //!< A decorative font.
     wxFONTFAMILY_ROMAN = wxROMAN,               //!< A formal, serif font.
     wxFONTFAMILY_SCRIPT = wxSCRIPT,             //!< A handwriting font.
     wxFONTFAMILY_SWISS = wxSWISS,               //!< A sans-serif font.

-    wxFONTFAMILY_MODERN = wxMODERN,             //!< A fixed pitch font.
-    wxFONTFAMILY_TELETYPE = wxTELETYPE,         //!< A teletype font.
-    wxFONTFAMILY_MAX,
-    wxFONTFAMILY_UNKNOWN = wxFONTFAMILY_MAX
+
+    /// A fixed pitch font. Note that wxFont currently does not make distinctions
+    /// between @c wxFONTFAMILY_MODERN and @c wxFONTFAMILY_TELETYPE.
+    wxFONTFAMILY_MODERN = wxMODERN,
+
+    /// A teletype (i.e. monospaced) font.
+    /// Monospace fonts have a fixed width like typewriters and often have strong angular
+    /// or block serifs. Monospace font faces are often used code samples and have a simple,
+    /// functional font style.
+    /// See also wxFont::IsFixedWidth() for an easy way to test for monospace property.
+    wxFONTFAMILY_TELETYPE = wxTELETYPE,
+
+    /// Invalid font family value, returned by wxFont::GetFamily() when the
+    /// font is invalid for example.
+    wxFONTFAMILY_UNKNOWN

 };
 
 /**
 };
 
 /**


@@ -31,9 +46,16 @@ enum wxFontFamily
 */
 enum wxFontStyle
 {
 */
 enum wxFontStyle
 {

+    /// The font is drawn without slant.

     wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL = wxNORMAL,
     wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL = wxNORMAL,

+
+    /// The font is slanted in an italic style.

     wxFONTSTYLE_ITALIC = wxITALIC,
     wxFONTSTYLE_ITALIC = wxITALIC,

+
+    /// The font is slanted, but in a roman style.
+    /// Note that under wxMSW this style is the same as @c wxFONTSTYLE_ITALIC.

     wxFONTSTYLE_SLANT = wxSLANT,
     wxFONTSTYLE_SLANT = wxSLANT,

+

     wxFONTSTYLE_MAX
 };
 
     wxFONTSTYLE_MAX
 };
 


@@ -87,6 +109,8 @@ enum wxFontFlag
 
 /**
     Font encodings.
 
 /**
     Font encodings.

+
+    See wxFont::SetEncoding().

 */
 enum wxFontEncoding
 {
 */
 enum wxFontEncoding
 {


@@ -211,13 +235,10 @@ enum wxFontEncoding
     /// (this is used by wxEncodingConverter and wxUTFFile only for now)
     wxFONTENCODING_UNICODE,
 
     /// (this is used by wxEncodingConverter and wxUTFFile only for now)
     wxFONTENCODING_UNICODE,
 

-    // alternative names for Far Eastern encodings
-    // Chinese

     wxFONTENCODING_GB2312 = wxFONTENCODING_CP936, //!< Simplified Chinese
     wxFONTENCODING_BIG5 = wxFONTENCODING_CP950,   //!< Traditional Chinese
     wxFONTENCODING_GB2312 = wxFONTENCODING_CP936, //!< Simplified Chinese
     wxFONTENCODING_BIG5 = wxFONTENCODING_CP950,   //!< Traditional Chinese

-
-        // Japanese (see http://zsigri.tripod.com/fontboard/cjk/jis.html)
-    wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS = wxFONTENCODING_CP932 //!< Shift JIS
+    wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS = wxFONTENCODING_CP932, //!< Shift JIS
+    wxFONTENCODING_EUC_KR = wxFONTENCODING_CP949 //!< Korean

 };
 
 
 };
 
 


@@ -266,36 +287,36 @@ public:
         @param pointSize
             Size in points. See SetPointSize() for more info.
         @param family
         @param pointSize
             Size in points. See SetPointSize() for more info.
         @param family

-            Font family, a generic way of referring to fonts without specifying actual
-            facename. One of the ::wxFontFamily enumeration values.
+            The font family: a generic portable way of referring to fonts without specifying a
+            facename. This parameter must be one of the ::wxFontFamily enumeration values.
+            If the @a faceName argument is provided, then it overrides the font family.

         @param style
             One of @c wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL, @c wxFONTSTYLE_SLANT and @c wxFONTSTYLE_ITALIC.
         @param weight
         @param style
             One of @c wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL, @c wxFONTSTYLE_SLANT and @c wxFONTSTYLE_ITALIC.
         @param weight

-            Font weight, sometimes also referred to as font boldness. 
+            Font weight, sometimes also referred to as font boldness.

             One of the ::wxFontWeight enumeration values.
         @param underline
             The value can be @true or @false.
             At present this has an effect on Windows and Motif 2.x only.
         @param faceName
             One of the ::wxFontWeight enumeration values.
         @param underline
             The value can be @true or @false.
             At present this has an effect on Windows and Motif 2.x only.
         @param faceName

-            An optional string specifying the actual typeface to be used.
-            If it is an empty string, a default typeface will be chosen based on the family.
+            An optional string specifying the face name to be used.
+            If it is an empty string, a default face name will be chosen based on the family.

         @param encoding
             An encoding which may be one of the enumeration values of ::wxFontEncoding.
             Briefly these can be summed up as:
             <TABLE>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM</TD><TD>Default system encoding.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT</TD><TD>
         @param encoding
             An encoding which may be one of the enumeration values of ::wxFontEncoding.
             Briefly these can be summed up as:
             <TABLE>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM</TD><TD>Default system encoding.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT</TD><TD>

-                    Default application encoding: this
-                    is the encoding set by calls to
-                    SetDefaultEncoding and which may be set to,
-                    say, KOI8 to create all fonts by default with KOI8 encoding. Initially, the
-                    default application encoding is the same as default system encoding.</TD></TR>
+                    Default application encoding: this is the encoding set by calls to
+                    SetDefaultEncoding() and which may be set to, say, KOI8 to create all
+                    fonts by default with KOI8 encoding. Initially, the default application
+                    encoding is the same as default system encoding.</TD></TR>

                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_1...15</TD><TD>ISO8859 encodings.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_KOI8</TD><TD>The standard Russian encoding for Internet.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_CP1250...1252</TD><TD>Windows encodings similar to ISO8859 (but not identical).</TD></TR>
             </TABLE>
             If the specified encoding isn't available, no font is created
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_1...15</TD><TD>ISO8859 encodings.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_KOI8</TD><TD>The standard Russian encoding for Internet.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_CP1250...1252</TD><TD>Windows encodings similar to ISO8859 (but not identical).</TD></TR>
             </TABLE>
             If the specified encoding isn't available, no font is created

-            (see also font encoding overview).
+            (see also @ref overview_fontencoding).

 
         @remarks If the desired font does not exist, the closest match will be
                  chosen. Under Windows, only scalable TrueType fonts are used.
 
         @remarks If the desired font does not exist, the closest match will be
                  chosen. Under Windows, only scalable TrueType fonts are used.


@@ -312,8 +333,9 @@ public:
         @param pixelSize
             Size in pixels. See SetPixelSize() for more info.
         @param family
         @param pixelSize
             Size in pixels. See SetPixelSize() for more info.
         @param family

-            Font family, a generic way of referring to fonts without specifying actual
-            facename. One of ::wxFontFamily enumeration values.
+            The font family: a generic portable way of referring to fonts without specifying a
+            facename. This parameter must be one of the ::wxFontFamily enumeration values.
+            If the @a faceName argument is provided, then it overrides the font family.

         @param style
             One of @c wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL, @c wxFONTSTYLE_SLANT and @c wxFONTSTYLE_ITALIC.
         @param weight
         @param style
             One of @c wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL, @c wxFONTSTYLE_SLANT and @c wxFONTSTYLE_ITALIC.
         @param weight


@@ -323,25 +345,24 @@ public:
             The value can be @true or @false.
             At present this has an effect on Windows and Motif 2.x only.
         @param faceName
             The value can be @true or @false.
             At present this has an effect on Windows and Motif 2.x only.
         @param faceName

-            An optional string specifying the actual typeface to be used.
-            If it is an empty string, a default typeface will be chosen based on the family.
+            An optional string specifying the face name to be used.
+            If it is an empty string, a default face name will be chosen based on the family.

         @param encoding
             An encoding which may be one of the enumeration values of ::wxFontEncoding.
             Briefly these can be summed up as:
             <TABLE>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM</TD><TD>Default system encoding.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT</TD><TD>
         @param encoding
             An encoding which may be one of the enumeration values of ::wxFontEncoding.
             Briefly these can be summed up as:
             <TABLE>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM</TD><TD>Default system encoding.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT</TD><TD>

-                    Default application encoding: this
-                    is the encoding set by calls to
-                    SetDefaultEncoding and which may be set to,
-                    say, KOI8 to create all fonts by default with KOI8 encoding. Initially, the
-                    default application encoding is the same as default system encoding.</TD></TR>
+                    Default application encoding: this is the encoding set by calls to
+                    SetDefaultEncoding() and which may be set to, say, KOI8 to create all
+                    fonts by default with KOI8 encoding. Initially, the default application
+                    encoding is the same as default system encoding.</TD></TR>

                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_1...15</TD><TD>ISO8859 encodings.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_KOI8</TD><TD>The standard Russian encoding for Internet.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_CP1250...1252</TD><TD>Windows encodings similar to ISO8859 (but not identical).</TD></TR>
             </TABLE>
             If the specified encoding isn't available, no font is created
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_1...15</TD><TD>ISO8859 encodings.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_KOI8</TD><TD>The standard Russian encoding for Internet.</TD></TR>
                 <TR><TD>@c wxFONTENCODING_CP1250...1252</TD><TD>Windows encodings similar to ISO8859 (but not identical).</TD></TR>
             </TABLE>
             If the specified encoding isn't available, no font is created

-            (see also font encoding overview).
+            (see also @ref overview_fontencoding).

 
         @remarks If the desired font does not exist, the closest match will be
                  chosen. Under Windows, only scalable TrueType fonts are used.
 
         @remarks If the desired font does not exist, the closest match will be
                  chosen. Under Windows, only scalable TrueType fonts are used.


@@ -352,6 +373,15 @@ public:
            const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
            wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
 
            const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
            wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
 

+    /**
+        Constructor from font description string.
+
+        This constructor uses SetNativeFontInfo() to initialize the font.
+        If @a fontdesc is invalid the font remains uninitialized, i.e. its IsOk() method
+        will return @false.
+     */
+    wxFont(const wxString& fontdesc);
+

     /**
         Destructor.
 
     /**
         Destructor.
 


@@ -366,24 +396,41 @@ public:
     */
     virtual ~wxFont();
 
     */
     virtual ~wxFont();
 

+

     /**
     /**

-        Returns the current application's default encoding.
+        @name Getters
+    */
+    //@{

 
 

-        @see @ref overview_fontencoding, SetDefaultEncoding()
+    /**
+        Returns the encoding of this font.
+
+        Note that under wxGTK the returned value is always @c wxFONTENCODING_UTF8.
+
+        @see SetEncoding()

     */
     */

-    static wxFontEncoding GetDefaultEncoding();
+    virtual wxFontEncoding GetEncoding() const;

 
     /**
 
     /**

-        Returns the typeface name associated with the font, or the empty string if
-        there is no typeface information.
+        Returns the face name associated with the font, or the empty string if
+        there is no face information.

 
         @see SetFaceName()
     */
     virtual wxString GetFaceName() const;
 
     /**
 
         @see SetFaceName()
     */
     virtual wxString GetFaceName() const;
 
     /**

-        Gets the font family. See SetFamily() for a list of valid
-        family identifiers.
+        Gets the font family if possible.
+
+        As described in ::wxFontFamily docs the returned value acts as a rough,
+        basic classification of the main font properties (look, spacing).
+
+        If the current font face name is not recognized by wxFont or by the
+        underlying system, @c wxFONTFAMILY_DEFAULT is returned.
+
+        Note that currently this function is not very precise and so not
+        particularly useful. Font families mostly make sense only for font
+        creation, see SetFamily().

 
         @see SetFamily()
     */
 
         @see SetFamily()
     */


@@ -391,23 +438,30 @@ public:
 
     /**
         Returns the platform-dependent string completely describing this font.
 
     /**
         Returns the platform-dependent string completely describing this font.

-        Returned string is always non-empty.
+
+        Returned string is always non-empty unless the font is invalid (in
+        which case an assert is triggered).

 
         Note that the returned string is not meant to be shown or edited by the user: a
         typical use of this function is for serializing in string-form a wxFont object.
 
 
         Note that the returned string is not meant to be shown or edited by the user: a
         typical use of this function is for serializing in string-form a wxFont object.
 

-        @see SetNativeFontInfo(),GetNativeFontInfoUserDesc()
+        @see SetNativeFontInfo(), GetNativeFontInfoUserDesc()

     */
     wxString GetNativeFontInfoDesc() const;
 
     /**
         Returns a user-friendly string for this font object.
     */
     wxString GetNativeFontInfoDesc() const;
 
     /**
         Returns a user-friendly string for this font object.

-        Returned string is always non-empty.
+
+        Returned string is always non-empty unless the font is invalid (in
+        which case an assert is triggered).
+
+        The string does not encode all wxFont infos under all platforms;
+        e.g. under wxMSW the font family is not present in the returned string.

 
         Some examples of the formats of returned strings (which are platform-dependent)
         are in SetNativeFontInfoUserDesc().
 
 
         Some examples of the formats of returned strings (which are platform-dependent)
         are in SetNativeFontInfoUserDesc().
 

-        @see GetNativeFontInfoDesc()
+        @see SetNativeFontInfoUserDesc(), GetNativeFontInfoDesc()

     */
     wxString GetNativeFontInfoUserDesc() const;
 
     */
     wxString GetNativeFontInfoUserDesc() const;
 


@@ -420,7 +474,7 @@ public:
 
     /**
         Gets the pixel size.
 
     /**
         Gets the pixel size.

-        
+

         Note that under wxMSW if you passed to SetPixelSize() (or to the ctor)
         a wxSize object with a null width value, you'll get a null width in
         the returned object.
         Note that under wxMSW if you passed to SetPixelSize() (or to the ctor)
         a wxSize object with a null width value, you'll get a null width in
         the returned object.


@@ -428,7 +482,7 @@ public:
         @see SetPixelSize()
     */
     virtual wxSize GetPixelSize() const;
         @see SetPixelSize()
     */
     virtual wxSize GetPixelSize() const;

-    
+

     /**
         Gets the font style. See ::wxFontStyle for a list of valid styles.
 
     /**
         Gets the font style. See ::wxFontStyle for a list of valid styles.
 


@@ -453,6 +507,11 @@ public:
     /**
         Returns @true if the font is a fixed width (or monospaced) font,
         @false if it is a proportional one or font is invalid.
     /**
         Returns @true if the font is a fixed width (or monospaced) font,
         @false if it is a proportional one or font is invalid.

+
+        Note that this function under some platforms is different than just testing
+        for the font family being equal to @c wxFONTFAMILY_TELETYPE because native
+        platform-specific functions are used for the check (resulting in a more
+        accurate return value).

     */
     virtual bool IsFixedWidth() const;
 
     */
     virtual bool IsFixedWidth() const;
 


@@ -461,55 +520,158 @@ public:
     */
     virtual bool IsOk() const;
 
     */
     virtual bool IsOk() const;
 

+    //@}
+
+
+    /**
+        @name Similar fonts creation
+
+        The functions in this section either modify the font in place or create
+        a new font similar to the given one but with its weight, style or size
+        changed.
+     */

     //@{
     //@{

+

     /**
     /**

-        This function takes the same parameters as the relative
-        @ref wxFont::wxFont "wxFont constructor" and returns a new font
-        object allocated on the heap.
-    */
-    static wxFont* New(int pointSize, wxFontFamily family, wxFontStyle style,
-                       wxFontWeight weight,
-                       bool underline = false,
-                       const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
-                       wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
-    static wxFont* New(int pointSize, wxFontFamily family,
-                       int flags = wxFONTFLAG_DEFAULT,
-                       const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
-                       wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
-    static wxFont* New(const wxSize& pixelSize,
-                       wxFontFamily family,
-                       wxFontStyle style,
-                       wxFontWeight weight,
-                       bool underline = false,
-                       const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
-                       wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
-    static wxFont* New(const wxSize& pixelSize,
-                       wxFontFamily family,
-                       int flags = wxFONTFLAG_DEFAULT,
-                       const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
-                       wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
+        Returns a bold version of this font.
+
+        @see MakeBold()
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    wxFont Bold() const;
+
+    /**
+        Returns an italic version of this font.
+
+        @see MakeItalic()
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    wxFont Italic() const;
+
+    /**
+        Returns a larger version of this font.
+
+        The font size is multiplied by @c 1.2, the factor of @c 1.2 being
+        inspired by the W3C CSS specification.
+
+        @see MakeLarger(), Smaller(), Scaled()
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    wxFont Larger() const;
+
+    /**
+        Returns a smaller version of this font.
+
+        The font size is divided by @c 1.2, the factor of @c 1.2 being
+        inspired by the W3C CSS specification.
+
+        @see MakeSmaller(), Larger(), Scaled()
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    wxFont Smaller() const;
+
+    /**
+        Changes this font to be bold.
+
+        @see Bold()
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    wxFont& MakeBold();
+
+    /**
+        Changes this font to be italic.
+
+        @see Italic()
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    wxFont& MakeItalic();
+
+    /**
+        Changes this font to be larger.
+
+        The font size is multiplied by @c 1.2, the factor of @c 1.2 being
+        inspired by the W3C CSS specification.
+
+        @see Larger(), MakeSmaller(), Scale()
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    wxFont& MakeLarger();
+
+    /**
+        Changes this font to be smaller.
+
+        The font size is divided by @c 1.2, the factor of @c 1.2 being
+        inspired by the W3C CSS specification.
+
+        @see Smaller(), MakeLarger(), Scale()
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    wxFont& MakeSmaller();
+
+    /**
+        Changes the size of this font.
+
+        The font size is multiplied by the given factor (which may be less than
+        1 to create a smaller version of the font).
+
+        @see Scaled(), MakeLarger(), MakeSmaller()
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    wxFont& Scale(float x);
+
+    /**
+        Returns a scaled version of this font.
+
+        The font size is multiplied by the given factor (which may be less than
+        1 to create a smaller version of the font).
+
+        @see Scale(), Larger(), Smaller()
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    wxFont Scaled(float x) const;
+

     //@}
 
     /**
     //@}
 
     /**

-        Sets the default font encoding.
+        @name Setters

 
 

-        @see @ref overview_fontencoding, GetDefaultEncoding()
+        These functions internally recreate the native font object with the new
+        specified property.

     */
     */

-    static void SetDefaultEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding);
+    //@{
+
+    /**
+        Sets the encoding for this font.
+
+        Note that under wxGTK this function has no effect (because the underlying
+        Pango library always uses @c wxFONTENCODING_UTF8).
+
+        @see GetEncoding()
+    */
+    virtual void SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding);

 
     /**
         Sets the facename for the font.
 
     /**
         Sets the facename for the font.

-        Returns @true if the given face name exists; @false otherwise.

 
         @param faceName
             A valid facename, which should be on the end-user's system.
 
         @remarks To avoid portability problems, don't rely on a specific face,
 
         @param faceName
             A valid facename, which should be on the end-user's system.
 
         @remarks To avoid portability problems, don't rely on a specific face,

-                 but specify the font family instead or as well.
-                 A suitable font will be found on the end-user's system.
-                 If both the family and the facename are specified,
-                 wxWidgets will first search for the specific face, and
-                 then for a font belonging to the same family.
+                 but specify the font family instead (see ::wxFontFamily and SetFamily()).
+
+        @return @true if the given face name exists; if the face name doesn't exist
+                in the user's system then the font is invalidated (so that IsOk() will
+                return @false) and @false is returned.

 
         @see GetFaceName(), SetFamily()
     */
 
         @see GetFaceName(), SetFamily()
     */


@@ -518,6 +680,11 @@ public:
     /**
         Sets the font family.
 
     /**
         Sets the font family.
 

+        As described in ::wxFontFamily docs the given @a family value acts as a rough,
+        basic indication of the main font properties (look, spacing).
+
+        Note that changing the font family results in changing the font face name.
+

         @param family
             One of the ::wxFontFamily values.
 
         @param family
             One of the ::wxFontFamily values.
 


@@ -558,15 +725,21 @@ public:
         documentation of the native API used for font-rendering
         (e.g. @c pango_font_description_from_string on GTK).
 
         documentation of the native API used for font-rendering
         (e.g. @c pango_font_description_from_string on GTK).
 

+        Note that unlike SetNativeFontInfo(), this function doesn't always restore all
+        attributes of the wxFont object under all platforms; e.g. on wxMSW the font family
+        is not restored (because GetNativeFontInfoUserDesc doesn't return it on wxMSW).
+        If you want to serialize/deserialize a font in string form, you should use
+        GetNativeFontInfoDesc() and SetNativeFontInfo() instead.
+

         @see SetNativeFontInfo()
     */
     bool SetNativeFontInfoUserDesc(const wxString& info);
 
     /**
         Sets the point size.
         @see SetNativeFontInfo()
     */
     bool SetNativeFontInfoUserDesc(const wxString& info);
 
     /**
         Sets the point size.

-        
-        The <em>point size</em> is defined as 1/72 of the anglo-Saxon inch 
-        (25.4 mm): it is approximately 0.0139 inch or 352.8 um. 
+
+        The <em>point size</em> is defined as 1/72 of the anglo-Saxon inch
+        (25.4 mm): it is approximately 0.0139 inch or 352.8 um.

 
         @param pointSize
             Size in points.
 
         @param pointSize
             Size in points.


@@ -577,19 +750,19 @@ public:
 
     /**
         Sets the pixel size.
 
     /**
         Sets the pixel size.

-        
+

         The height parameter of @a pixelSize must be positive while the width
         parameter may also be zero (to indicate that you're not interested in the
         width of the characters: a suitable width will be chosen for best rendering).
         The height parameter of @a pixelSize must be positive while the width
         parameter may also be zero (to indicate that you're not interested in the
         width of the characters: a suitable width will be chosen for best rendering).

-        
-        This feature (specifying the font pixel size) is directly supported only 
-        under wxMSW and wxGTK currently; under other platforms a font with the 
+
+        This feature (specifying the font pixel size) is directly supported only
+        under wxMSW and wxGTK currently; under other platforms a font with the

         closest size to the given one is found using binary search (this maybe slower).
 
         @see GetPixelSize()
     */
     virtual void SetPixelSize(const wxSize& pixelSize);
         closest size to the given one is found using binary search (this maybe slower).
 
         @see GetPixelSize()
     */
     virtual void SetPixelSize(const wxSize& pixelSize);

-    
+

     /**
         Sets the font style.
 
     /**
         Sets the font style.
 


@@ -620,6 +793,9 @@ public:
     */
     virtual void SetWeight(wxFontWeight weight);
 
     */
     virtual void SetWeight(wxFontWeight weight);
 

+    //@}
+
+

     /**
         Inequality operator.
 
     /**
         Inequality operator.
 


@@ -640,6 +816,52 @@ public:
         Assignment operator, using @ref overview_refcount "reference counting".
     */
     wxFont& operator =(const wxFont& font);
         Assignment operator, using @ref overview_refcount "reference counting".
     */
     wxFont& operator =(const wxFont& font);

+
+
+    // statics
+
+    /**
+        Returns the current application's default encoding.
+
+        @see @ref overview_fontencoding, SetDefaultEncoding()
+    */
+    static wxFontEncoding GetDefaultEncoding();
+
+    /**
+        Sets the default font encoding.
+
+        @see @ref overview_fontencoding, GetDefaultEncoding()
+    */
+    static void SetDefaultEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding);
+
+    //@{
+    /**
+        This function takes the same parameters as the relative
+        @ref wxFont::wxFont "wxFont constructor" and returns a new font
+        object allocated on the heap.
+    */
+    static wxFont* New(int pointSize, wxFontFamily family, wxFontStyle style,
+                       wxFontWeight weight,
+                       bool underline = false,
+                       const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
+                       wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
+    static wxFont* New(int pointSize, wxFontFamily family,
+                       int flags = wxFONTFLAG_DEFAULT,
+                       const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
+                       wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
+    static wxFont* New(const wxSize& pixelSize,
+                       wxFontFamily family,
+                       wxFontStyle style,
+                       wxFontWeight weight,
+                       bool underline = false,
+                       const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
+                       wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
+    static wxFont* New(const wxSize& pixelSize,
+                       wxFontFamily family,
+                       int flags = wxFONTFLAG_DEFAULT,
+                       const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
+                       wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
+    //@}

 };
 
 
 };
 
 


@@ -650,7 +872,7 @@ wxFont wxNullFont;
 
 /**
     Equivalent to wxSystemSettings::GetFont(wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT).
 
 /**
     Equivalent to wxSystemSettings::GetFont(wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT).

-    
+

     @see wxSystemSettings
 */
 wxFont wxNORMAL_FONT;
     @see wxSystemSettings
 */
 wxFont wxNORMAL_FONT;