# Re: is ruby pango right for this? (Kouhei Sutou)

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**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [January 23, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-is-ruby-pango-right-for-this-kouhei-sutou/83102 "2007-01-23T18:24:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-is-ruby-pango-right-for-this-kouhei-sutou/83102/1 "2007-01-23T18:24:29Z")

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Message: 2  
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:44:12 +0900 (JST)  
From: Kouhei S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Subject: Re: [ruby-gnome2-devel-en] is ruby pango right for this?  
Message-ID: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
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thank you — yes, this is exactly why I thought to use Pango. How  
do I limit which font files it can inspect in this manner? (Sorry if  
this sounds stupid but, I really don’t know!)

relevant code:  
require ‘gtk2’

families = Gtk::Invisible.new.pango\_context.families  
p families.collect {|family| family.name}  
…

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-is-ruby-pango-right-for-this-kouhei-sutou/83102/2 "2007-01-24T14:16:44Z")

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Hi,

In [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
“Re: [ruby-gnome2-devel-en] is ruby pango right for this? (Kouhei  
Sutou)” on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:22:33 -0500,  
“Robbie Muffin” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> thank you — yes, this is exactly why I thought to use Pango. How  
> do I limit which font files it can inspect in this manner? (Sorry if  
> this sounds stupid but, I really don’t know!)

I think you can’t. It seems that Pango is designed to hide  
the layer.

## Thanks,

kou

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