[Font] Getting font folder on all platforms

[Justin Whear]

On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 21:48:03 +0200, Flamaros wrote:

> I am searching the right way to find fonts folder for each platforms
> (Windows, linux, macOS X)
> 
> On Windows it's generally "C:\Windows\Fonts" but a direct access seems
> brutal, it's certainly expected to retrieve this path by using some
> register keys?
> 
> Is someone know how it works for linux and/or macOS X?
> 
> I need to be able to retrieve fastest as possible the right file from
> the font and family name.


For linux, see fontconfig:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontconfig
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html