Find characters by description (regex) from font

search_font.py

#!python3
# Author: Teshan Liyanage <[email protected]>

# Usage: ./search_font.py '^git'

import freetype, sys, re

def findg(f, s):
    ret = []
    for c,g in f.get_chars():
        gn = f.get_glyph_name(g).decode()
        if re.search(s, gn):
            ret.append((c, gn))
    return ret

# Possible font locations - /usr/local/share/fonts, /opt/powerline-fonts, ~/.local/share/fonts/, /usr/share/fonts
fc = freetype.Face("/usr/local/share/fonts/f/Fira_Code_Regular_Nerd_Font_Complete_Mono.ttf")

for c, d in findg(fc, sys.argv[1]):
    print(chr(c), d)