It would be really helpful if the Magick++ API provided some way to determine what fonts are available. I know this can be done at the command line, but not in the API so far as I know. It would also be helpful if there was a safe way to determine if a font can be used. I am creating images using Image.read("label:<text>");. I have no way to know if the font I put in Image.font() will work until .read throws an exception.
Also, after the exception is thrown it is difficult/impossible to recover the object. I keep getting this error: magick/semaphore.c:288: LockSemaphoreInfo: Assertion `semaphore_info != (SemaphoreInfo *) ((void *)0)' failed.
Finally, it would be helpful if there was an operator== for TypeMetric objects. I am comparing them before and after setting the font name as a workaround -- if the metrics don't change, the font is probably invalid. Here is my operator== implementation which I release without license, obligation or warranty:
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bool operator==(const TypeMetric &left, const TypeMetric &right) {
return (left.ascent() == right.ascent()) &&
(left.descent() == right.descent()) &&
(left.textWidth() == right.textWidth()) &&
(left.textHeight() == right.textHeight()) &&
(left.maxHorizontalAdvance() == right.maxHorizontalAdvance());
}