Method
Pango.Font.get_metrics
Declaration [src]
PangoFontMetrics*
pango_font_get_metrics (
PangoFont* font,
PangoLanguage* language
)
Description [src]
Gets overall metric information for a font.
Since the metrics may be substantially different for different scripts, a language tag can be provided to indicate that the metrics should be retrieved that correspond to the script(s) used by that language.
If font
is NULL
, this function gracefully sets some sane values in the
output variables and returns.
Parameters
language |
PangoLanguage |
language tag used to determine which script
to get the metrics for, or |
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Can be NULL | |
The data is owned by the caller of the function |
Return value
Returns: PangoFontMetrics |
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a |
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The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it |