class QgsFontUtils
{
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#include <qgsfontutils.h>
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  public:
    /** Check whether exact font is on system
     * @param f The font to test for match
     */
    static bool fontMatchOnSystem( const QFont& f );

    /** Check whether font family is on system in a quick manner, which does not compare [foundry]
     * @param family The family to test
     * @returns Whether family was found on system
     * @note This is good for use in loops of large lists, e.g. registering many features for labeling
     */
    static bool fontFamilyOnSystem( const QString& family );

    /** Check whether font family is on system
     * @param family The family to test
     * @param chosen The actual family (possibly from different foundry) returned by system
     * @param match Whether the family [foundry] returned by system is a match
     * @returns Whether family was found on system
     */
    static bool fontFamilyMatchOnSystem( const QString& family, QString* chosen = 0, bool* match = 0 );

    /** Updates font with named style and retain all font properties
     * @param f The font to update
     * @param fontstyle The style to try and switch the font to
     * @param fallback If no matching fontstyle found for font, assign most similar or first style found to font
     * @returns Whether the font was updated (also returns true if the requested style matches font's current style)
     * @note This is a more featured replacement for a Qt 4.8+ function: void QFont::setStyleName ( const QString & styleName )
     */
    static bool updateFontViaStyle( QFont& f, const QString& fontstyle, bool fallback = false );

    /** Loads standard test fonts from filesystem or qrc resource
     * @param loadstyles List of styles to load, e.g. Roman, Oblique, Bold, Bold Oblique
     * @returns Whether any font was loaded
     * @note Done by default on debug app/server startup to ensure fonts available for unit tests (Roman and Bold)
     * @note Added in QGIS 2.1
     */
    static bool loadStandardTestFonts( QStringList loadstyles );

};