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# go-findfont
A platform-agnostic go (golang) library to easily locate truetype font files in your system's user and system font directories.

## What?
go-findfont is a golang library that allows you to locate font file on your system. The library is currently aware of the default font directories on Linux/Unix, Windows, and MacOS.

## How?

### Installation

Installing go-findfont is as easy as

```bash
go get -u github.com/flopp/go-findfont
```

### Library Usage

```go

import (
  "fmt"
  "io/ioutil"
  
  "github.com/flopp/go-findfont"
  "github.com/golang/freetype/truetype"
)

func main() {
  fontPath, err := findfont.Find("arial.ttf")
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  fmt.Printf("Found 'arial.ttf' in '%s'\n", fontPath)

  // load the font with the freetype library
  fontData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fontPath)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  font, err := truetype.Parse(fontData)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }

  // use the font...
}
```

## License
Copyright 2016 Florian Pigorsch. All rights reserved.

Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
