pango:context-load-font (context desc)

context -- a pango:context object
desc -- a pango:font-description instance describing the font to load

The newly allocated pango:font object that was loaded, or nil if no font matched.

Loads the font in one of the font maps in the Pango context that is the closest match for desc. Get the font for a Pango context.

(let* ((fontmap (pango:cairo-font-map-default))
       (context (pango:font-map-create-context fontmap))
       (desc (pango:font-description-from-string "Sans"))
       (font (pango:context-load-font context desc)))
  font)
=> #<PANGO:FONT {1002920D73}>