How to get a list of installed windows fonts using python?

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How do I get a list of all the font names that are on my computer’s system?

Asked By: Paitor

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Answer 1

This is just a matter of listing the files in Windowsfonts:

import os

print(os.listdir(r'C:Windowsfonts'))

The output is a list that starts with something that looks like this:

['arial.ttf', 'arialbd.ttf', 'arialbi.ttf', 'cambria.ttc', 'cambriab.ttf'

Answered By: DeepSpace

Answer 2

The above answer is going to list all the fonts path from the /Windows/fonts dir. However, some people might also want to get the font title, its variations i.e., thin, bold, and font file name etc? Here’s the code for that.

import sys, subprocess

_proc = subprocess.Popen(['powershell.exe', 'Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts"'], stdout=sys.stdout)
_proc.communicate()

Now, for the people who want font paths. Here’s the way using pathlib.

import pathlib

fonts_path = pathlib.PurePath(pathlib.Path.home().drive, os.sep, 'Windows', 'Fonts')
total_fonts = list(pathlib.Path(fonts_path).glob('*.fon'))
if not total_fonts:
    print("Fonts not available. Check path?")
    sys.exit()
return total_fonts

Answered By: Mujeeb Ishaque

Answer 3

You could also use tkinter which would be better than list the font in C:WindowsFonts, because windows can also store fonts in %userprofile%AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsFonts

For example using the following code from List available font families in tkinter:

from tkinter import Tk, font
root = Tk()
print(font.families())

The output is a tuple that starts with something that looks like this:

('Arial', 'Arial Baltic', 'Arial CE', 'Cambria', 'Cambria Math'

Answered By: jeremie bergeron

Answer 4

The Windows registry apparently keeps track of fonts:

import winreg

reg = winreg.ConnectRegistry(None, winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)

key = winreg.OpenKey(reg, r'SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts',
    0, winreg.KEY_READ)

for i in range(0, winreg.QueryInfoKey(key)[1]):
    print(winreg.EnumValue(key, i))

The outputs starts with something that looks like this:

('Arial (TrueType)', 'arial.ttf', 1)
('Arial Bold (TrueType)', 'arialbd.ttf', 1)
('Arial Bold Italic (TrueType)', 'arialbi.ttf', 1)
('Cambria & Cambria Math (TrueType)', 'cambria.ttc', 1)
('Cambria Bold (TrueType)', 'cambriab.ttf', 1)

If you want simpler output like:

Arial (TrueType)

Use print(winreg.EnumValue(key, i)[0]) instead of print(winreg.EnumValue(key, i)) in the last line.

This was combined from Mujeeb Ishaque’s respons as well as Python code to read registry and Loop through values or registry key.. _winreg Python

Answered By: qubodup

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