How to use freetype?

I feel a bit confused.

I want to do something as easy as:

font := Something fontByName: 'Arial'.

but the problem is that i cannot find anything like that in freetype.

There is
FreeTypeFontProvider fontFor: aLogicalFont familyName: familyName

but i puzzled, why it needs a logical font and why i should create it?

Is there a general way to programmatically say: give me font 'Arial' pt size 9,
or nil, if font cannot be found?

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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko.

Try

 LogicalFont
  familyName: 'Arial'
  pointSize: 24

Regards, Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Stasenko" <[hidden email]>
To: "Pharo Development" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:19 PM
Subject: [Pharo-project] How to use freetype?

On 17 October 2011 15:14, Gary Chambers <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Try
>
> LogicalFont
>  familyName: 'Arial'
>  pointSize: 24
>

Thanks. This is what i was looking for.



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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko.

Sig,

It sounds like you are on your way to typographic bliss, but just in case (or for others who might run across this later), I found it necessary (at least on Linux) to load the fonts using something like

        FreeTypeFontProvider current families isEmpty ifTrue:[
                FreeTypeFontProvider current updateFromSystem.
        ].


Bill

________________________________________
From: [hidden email] [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Igor Stasenko [[hidden email]]
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 11:17 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] How to use freetype?

On 17 October 2011 15:14, Gary Chambers <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Try
>
> LogicalFont
>  familyName: 'Arial'
>  pointSize: 24
>

Thanks. This is what i was looking for.



--
Best regards,
Igor Stasenko.