def setProps(self, props={}, **kwprops):
"""
If font is given as a string or a dict, convert it into a Font object.
If rotation is a string representing a number, convert it.
Then call Artist.setProps.
"""
# A property might be defined in both props and kwprops,
# so do all of this twice
for d in (props, kwprops):
if 'font' in d.keys():
currentFont = Font()
if 'font' in self.props().keys():
currentFont = self.props('font')
if isinstance(d['font'], str):
currentFont.setFamily(d['font'])
d['font'] = currentFont
elif isinstance(d['font'], dict):
currentFont.setProps(d['font'])
d['font'] = currentFont
if 'rotation' in d.keys():
try:
d['rotation'] = float(d['rotation'])
except ValueError:
pass
Artist.setProps(self, props, **kwprops)
