PfQueryFontInfo(), PfQueryFontInfoCx()

Get information about a font

Synopsis:

#include <photon/Pf.h>
int PfQueryFontInfo( const char *font,
                     FontQueryInfo *info );

#include <font_api.h>
int PfQueryFontInfoCx( struct _Pf_ctrl *context,
                       const char *font,
                       FontQueryInfo *info );

Arguments:

context

(PfQueryFontInfoCx() only) A pointer to the font context to use, returned by PfAttachCx() or PfAttachDllCx().

font

The name of the font, as created by PfGenerateFontName().

info

A pointer to a FontQueryInfo structure that the function fills with information about the font; see below.

Library:

PfQueryFontInfo()

ph

PfQueryFontInfoCx()

font

Description:

These functions get information about the font specified by font after first mapping font to a valid font name (if appropriate).

The FontQueryInfo structure pointed to by info is filled in. It contains at least:

FontName font

Internal name of the font (e.g. TextFont09).

FontDescription desc

Textual name of the font family (e.g. Helvetica).

short size

Point size of the font, or 0 for a scalable font.

unsigned short style

Style and attributes of this font, made up of the following bits:

• PHFONT_INFO_ALIAS — the entry is a mapping or virtual font, like TextFont.
• PHFONT_INFO_BLDITC — bold italic style.
• PHFONT_INFO_BOLD — bold style.
• PHFONT_INFO_DECORATIVE — decorative style.
• PHFONT_INFO_FIXED — fixed-width font.
• PHFONT_INFO_ITALIC — italic style.
• PHFONT_INFO_PLAIN — plain/regular style.
• PHFONT_INFO_PROP — proportional-width font.
• PHFONT_INFO_SANSERIF — sans-serif font.
• PHFONT_INFO_SERIF — serif font.

short ascender

Ascender value of the font (in pixels).

short descender

Descender value of the font (in pixels).

short width

Width of widest character in this font.

long lochar

Lowest character value defined in this font.

long hichar

Highest character value defined in this font.

Returns:

0

Successful completion.

-1

An error occurred (errno is set.

Examples:

PfQueryFontInfoCx(): See the example for PfGetGlyphIndexCx().

Classification:

Photon

PfQueryFontInfo()

PfQueryFontInfoCx()

See also:

PfGenerateFontName(), PfGenerateFontNameCx(), PfQueryFonts(), PfQueryFontsCx()

Fonts chapter of the Photon Programmer's Guide