issue-892 (#895)

src/db/db/dbGlyphs.cc

@@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ TextGenerator::set_font_paths (const std::vector<std::string> &paths)
   s_fonts_loaded = false;
 }
 
+std::vector<std::string>
+TextGenerator::font_paths ()
+{
+  return s_font_paths;
+}
+
 const std::vector<TextGenerator> &
 TextGenerator::generators ()
 {

src/db/db/dbGlyphs.h

@@ -201,6 +201,11 @@ public:
    */
   static void set_font_paths (const std::vector<std::string> &paths);
 
+  /**
+   *  @brief Gets the font search paths
+   */
+  static std::vector<std::string> font_paths ();
+
   /**
    *  @brief Returns the font with the given name
    *  If no font with that name exists, 0 is returned.

src/db/db/gsiDeclDbGlyphs.cc

@@ -173,6 +173,20 @@ Class<db::TextGenerator> decl_TextGenerator ("db", "TextGenerator",
   method ("default_generator", &db::TextGenerator::default_generator,
     "@brief Gets the default text generator (a standard font)\n"
     "This method delivers the default generator or nil if no such generator is installed."
+  ) +
+  method ("set_font_paths", &db::TextGenerator::set_font_paths,
+    "@brief Sets the paths where to look for font files\n"
+    "This function sets the paths where to look for font files. After setting such a path, each font found will render a "
+    "specific generator. The generator can be found under the font file's name. As the text generator is also the basis "
+    "for the Basic.TEXT PCell, using this function also allows configuring custom fonts for this library cell.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "This method has been introduced in version 0.27.4."
+  ) +
+  method ("font_paths", &db::TextGenerator::font_paths,
+    "@brief Gets the paths where to look for font files\n"
+    "See \\set_font_paths for a description of this function.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "This method has been introduced in version 0.27.4."
   ),
   "@brief A text generator class\n"
   "\n"