Variables: Keys of font property. | |
| MSymbol | Mfoundry |
| Key of font property specifying foundry. | |
| MSymbol | Mfamily |
| Key of font property specifying family. | |
| MSymbol | Mweight |
| Key of font property specifying weight. | |
| MSymbol | Mstyle |
| Key of font property specifying style. | |
| MSymbol | Mstretch |
| Key of font property specifying stretch. | |
| MSymbol | Madstyle |
| Key of font property specifying additional style. | |
| MSymbol | Mspacing |
| Key of font property specifying spacing. | |
| MSymbol | Mregistry |
| Key of font property specifying registry. | |
| MSymbol | Msize |
| Key of font property specifying size. | |
| MSymbol | Motf |
| Key of font property specifying file name. | |
| MSymbol | Mfontfile |
| Key of font property specifying file name. | |
| MSymbol | Mresolution |
| Key of font property specifying resolution. | |
| MSymbol | Mmax_advance |
| Key of font property specifying max advance width. | |
| MSymbol | Mfontconfig |
| Symbol of name "fontconfig". | |
| MSymbol | Mx |
| Symbol of name "x". | |
| MSymbol | Mfreetype |
| Symbol of name "freetype". | |
| MSymbol | Mxft |
| Symbol of name "xft". | |
Typedefs | |
| typedef MFont | MFont |
| Type of fonts. | |
Functions | |
| MFont * | mfont () |
| Create a new font. | |
| MFont * | mfont_parse_name (const char *name, MSymbol format) |
| Create a font by parsing a fontname. | |
| char * | mfont_unparse_name (MFont *font, MSymbol format) |
| Create a fontname from a font. | |
| MFont * | mfont_copy (MFont *font) |
| Make a copy of a font. | |
| void * | mfont_get_prop (MFont *font, MSymbol key) |
| Get a property value of a font. | |
| int | mfont_put_prop (MFont *font, MSymbol key, void *val) |
| Put a property value to a font. | |
| MSymbol * | mfont_selection_priority () |
| Return the font selection priority. | |
| int | mfont_set_selection_priority (MSymbol *keys) |
| Set the font selection priority. | |
| MFont * | mfont_find (MFrame *frame, MFont *spec, int *score, int max_size) |
| Find a font. | |
| int | mfont_set_encoding (MFont *font, MSymbol encoding_name, MSymbol repertory_name) |
| Set encoding of a font. | |
| char * | mfont_name (MFont *font) |
| Create a fontname from a font. | |
| MFont * | mfont_from_name (const char *name) |
| Create a new font from fontname. | |
| int | mfont_resize_ratio (MFont *font) |
| Get resize information of a font. | |
| MPlist * | mfont_list (MFrame *frame, MFont *font, MSymbol language, int maxnum) |
| Get a list of fonts. | |
| MPlist * | mfont_list_family_names (MFrame *frame) |
| Get a list of font famiy names. | |
| int | mfont_check (MFrame *frame, MFontset *fontset, MSymbol script, MSymbol language, MFont *font) |
| Check the usability of a font. | |
| int | mfont_match_p (MFont *font, MFont *spec) |
| Check is a font matches with a font spec. | |
| MFont * | mfont_open (MFrame *frame, MFont *font) |
| Open a font. | |
| MFont * | mfont_encapsulate (MFrame *frame, MSymbol data_type, void *data) |
| Encapusulate a font. | |
| int | mfont_close (MFont *font) |
| Close a font. | |
Variables | |
| MPlist * | mfont_freetype_path |
| List of font files and directories that contain font files. | |
MFont. A font can have font properties. Like other types of properties, a font property consists of a key and a value. The key of a font property must be one of the following symbols:
Mfoundry, Mfamily, Mweight, Mstyle, Mstretch, Madstyle, Mregistry, Msize, Mresolution, Mspacing.
When the key of a font property is Msize or Mresolution, its value is an integer. Otherwise the value is a symbol.
"The font property that belongs to font F and whose key is Mxxx" may be shortened to "the xxx property of F".
The value of a foundry property is a symbol representing font foundry information, e.g. adobe, misc, etc.
The value of a family property is a symbol representing font family information, e.g. times, helvetica, etc.
The value of a weight property is a symbol representing weight information, e.g. normal, bold, etc.
The value of a style property is a symbol representing slant information, e.g. normal, italic, etc.
The value of a stretch property is a symbol representing width information, e.g. normal, semicondensed, etc.
The value of an adstyle property is a symbol representing abstract font family information, e.g. serif, sans-serif, etc.
The value of a registry property is a symbol representing registry information, e.g. iso10646-1, iso8895-1, etc.
The value of a size property is an integer representing design size in the unit of 1/10 point.
The value of a resolution property is an integer representing assumed device resolution in the unit of dots per inch (dpi).
The value of a type property is a symbol indicating a font driver; currently Mx or Mfreetype.
The m17n library uses font objects for two purposes: to receive font specification from an application program, and to present available fonts to an application program. When the m17n library presents an available font to an application program, all font properties have a concrete value.
The m17n library supports three kinds of fonts: Window system fonts, FreeType fonts, and OpenType fonts.
The m17n-X library supports all fonts handled by an X server and an X font server. The correspondence between XLFD fields and font properties are shown below.
XLFD field property
--------------- --------
FOUNDRY foundry
FAMILY_NAME family
WEIGHT_NAME weight
SLANT style
SETWIDTH_NAME stretch
ADD_STYLE_NAME adstyle
PIXEL_SIZE size
RESOLUTION_Y resolution
CHARSET_REGISTRY-CHARSET_ENCODING registry
XLFD fields not listed in the above table are ignored.
The m17n library, if configured to use the FreeType library, supports all fonts that can be handled by the FreeType library. The variable mfont_freetype_path is initialized properly according to the configuration of the m17n library and the environment variable M17NDIR. See the documentation of the variable for details.
If the m17n library is configured to use the fontconfig library, in addition to mfont_freetype_path, all fonts available via fontconfig are supported.
The family name of a FreeType font corresponds to the family property. Style names of FreeType fonts correspond to the weight, style, and stretch properties as below.
style name weight style stretch
---------- ------ ----- -------
Regular medium r normal
Italic medium i normal
Bold bold r normal
Bold Italic bold i normal
Narrow medium r condensed
Narrow Italic medium i condensed
Narrow Bold bold r condensed
Narrow Bold Italic bold i condensed
Black black r normal
Black Italic black i normal
Oblique medium o normal
BoldOblique bold o normal
Style names not listed in the above table are treated as "Regular".
Combination of a platform ID and an encoding ID corresponds to the registry property. For example, if a font has the combination (1 1), the registry property is 1-1. Some frequent combinations have a predefined registry property as below.
platform ID encoding ID registry property
----------- ----------- -----------------
0 3 unicode-bmp
0 4 unicode-full
1 0 apple-roman
3 1 unicode-bmp
3 1 unicode-full
Thus, a font that has two combinations (1 0) and (3 1) corresponds to four font objects whose registries are 1-0, apple-roman, 3-1, and unicode-bmp.
The m17n library, if configured to use both the FreeType library and the OTF library, supports any OpenType fonts. The list of actually available fonts is created in the same way as in the case of FreeType fonts. If a fontset instructs to use an OpenType font via an FLT (Font Layout Table), and the FLT has an OTF-related command (e.g. otf:deva), the OTF library converts a character sequence to a glyph code sequence according to the OpenType layout tables of the font, and the FreeType library gives a bitmap image for each glyph.
The type MFont is the structure defining fonts. It contains information about the following properties of a font: foundry, family, weight, style, stretch, adstyle, registry, size, and resolution.
This structure is used both for specifying a font in a fontset and for storing information about available system fonts.
The internal structure is concealed from an application program.
| MFont* mfont | ( | ) |
The mfont() function creates a new font object that has no property.
The mfont_parse_name() function creates a new font object. The properties are extracted fontname name.
format specifies the format of name. If format is Mx, name is parsed as XLFD (X Logical Font Description). If format is Mfontconfig, name is parsed as Fontconfig's textual representation of font. If format is Mnil, name is at first parsed as XLFD, and it it fails, parsed as Fontconfig's representation.
NULL. The mfont_unparse_name() function creates a fontname string from font font according to format.
format must be Mx or Mfontconfig. If it is Mx, the fontname is in XLFD (X Logical Font Description) format. If it is Mfontconfig, the fontname is in the style of Fontconfig's text representation.
The mfont_copy() function returns a new copy of font font.
The mfont_get_prop() function gets the value of key property of font font. key must be one of the following symbols:
Mfoundry, Mfamily, Mweight, Mstyle, Mstretch, Madstyle, Mregistry, Msize, Mresolution, Mspacing.
If font is a return value of mfont_find(), key can also be one of the following symbols:
Mfont_ascent, Mfont_descent, Mmax_advance.
Mfoundry, Mfamily, Mweight, Mstyle,Mstretch, Madstyle, Mregistry, or Mspacing, this function returns the corresponding value as a symbol. If the font does not have key property, it returns Mnil. If key is Msize, Mresolution, Mfont_ascent, Mfont_descent, or Mmax_advance, this function returns the corresponding value as an integer. If the font does not have key property, it returns 0. If key is something else, it returns NULL and assigns an error code to the external variable merror_code. The mfont_put_prop() function puts a font property whose key is key and value is val to font font. key must be one of the following symbols:
Mfoundry, Mfamily, Mweight, Mstyle, Mstretch, Madstyle, Mregistry, Msize, Mresolution.
If key is Msize or Mresolution, val must be an integer. Otherwise, val must be a symbol of a property value name. But, if the name is "nil", a symbol of name "Nil" must be specified.
| MSymbol* mfont_selection_priority | ( | ) |
The mfont_selection_priority() function returns a newly created array of six symbols. The elements are the following keys of font properties ordered by priority.
Mfamily, Mweight, Mstyle, Mstretch, Madstyle, Msize.
The m17n library selects the best matching font according to the order of this array. A font that has a different value for a property of lower priority is preferred to a font that has a different value for a property of higher priority.
| int mfont_set_selection_priority | ( | MSymbol * | keys | ) |
The mfont_set_selection_priority() function sets font selection priority according to keys, which is an array of six symbols. Each element must be one of the below. No two elements must be the same.
Mfamily, Mweight, Mstyle, Mstretch, Madstyle, Msize.
See the documentation of the function mfont_selection_priority() for details.
The mfont_find() function returns a pointer to the available font that matches best the specification spec on frame frame.
score, if not NULL, must point to a place to store the score value that indicates how well the found font matches to spec. The smaller score means a better match.
The mfont_set_encoding() function sets the encoding information of font font.
encoding_name is a symbol representing a charset that has the same encoding as the font.
repertory_name is Mnil or a symbol representing a charset that has the same repertory as the font. If it is Mnil, whether a specific character is supported by the font is asked to each font driver.
| char* mfont_name | ( | MFont * | font | ) |
This function is obsolete. Use mfont_unparse_name instead.
| MFont* mfont_from_name | ( | const char * | name | ) |
This function is obsolete. Use mfont_parse_name() instead.
| int mfont_resize_ratio | ( | MFont * | font | ) |
The mfont_resize_ratio() function lookups the m17n database <font, reisize> and returns a resizing ratio (in percentage) of FONT. For instance, if the return value is 150, that means that the m17n library uses an 1.5 time bigger font than a specified size.
The mfont_list() functions returns a list of fonts available on frame frame. font, if not NULL, limits fonts to ones that match with font. language, if not Mnil, limits fonts to ones that support language. maxnum, if greater than 0, limits the number of fonts.
language argument exists just for backward compatibility, and the use is deprecated. Use Mlanguage font property instead. If font already has Mlanguage property, language is ignored.
The mfont_list_family_names() functions returns a list of font family names available on frame frame.
| int mfont_check | ( | MFrame * | frame, | |
| MFontset * | fontset, | |||
| MSymbol | script, | |||
| MSymbol | language, | |||
| MFont * | font | |||
| ) |
The mfont_check() function checkes if font can be used for script and language in fontset on frame.
The mfont_match_p() function checks if font matches with the font-spec spec.
The mfont_open() function opens font on frame, and returns a realized font.
The mfont_encapsulate() functions realizes a font by encapusulating data data or type data_type on FRAME. Currently data_tape is Mfontconfig or Mfreetype, and data points to an object of FcPattern or FT_Face respectively.
| int mfont_close | ( | MFont * | font | ) |
The mfont_close() function close a realized font font. font must be opened previously by mfont_open() or mfont_encapsulate ().
The variable Mfoundry is a symbol of name "foundry" and is used as a key of font property and face property. The property value must be a symbol whose name is a foundry name of a font.
The variable Mfamily is a symbol of name "family" and is used as a key of font property and face property. The property value must be a symbol whose name is a family name of a font.
The variable Mweight is a symbol of name "weight" and is used as a key of font property and face property. The property value must be a symbol whose name is a weight name of a font (e.g "medium", "bold").
The variable Mstyle is a symbol of name "style" and is used as a key of font property and face property. The property value must be a symbol whose name is a style name of a font (e.g "r", "i", "o").
The variable Mstretch is a symbol of name "stretch" and is used as a key of font property and face property. The property value must be a symbol whose name is a stretch name of a font (e.g "normal", "condensed").
The variable Madstyle is a symbol of name "adstyle" and is used as a key of font property and face property. The property value must be a symbol whose name is an additional style name of a font (e.g "serif", "", "sans").
The variable Madstyle is a symbol of name "spacing" and is used as a key of font property. The property value must be a symbol whose name specifies the spacing of a font (e.g "p" for proportional, "m" for monospaced).
The variable Mregistry is a symbol of name "registry" and is used as a key of font property. The property value must be a symbol whose name is a registry name a font registry (e.g. "iso8859-1", "jisx0208.1983-0").
The variable Msize is a symbol of name "size" and is used as a key of font property and face property. The property value must be an integer specifying a font design size in the unit of 1/10 point (on 100 dpi display).
The variable Mfontfile is a symbol of name "fontfile" and is used as a key of font property. The property value must be a symbol whose name is a font file name.
The variable Mfontfile is a symbol of name "fontfile" and is used as a key of font property. The property value must be a symbol whose name is a font file name.
The variable Mresolution is a symbol of name "resolution" and is used as a key of font property and face property. The property value must be an integer to specifying a font resolution in the unit of dots per inch (dpi).
The variable Mmax_advance is a symbol of name "max-advance" and is used as a key of font property. The property value must be an integer specifying a font's max advance value by pixels.
The variable Mfontconfig is to be used as an argument of the functions mfont_parse_name() and mfont_unparse_name().
The variable Mx is to be used for a value of <type> member of the structure MDrawGlyph to specify the type of <fontp> member is actually (XFontStruct *).
The variable Mfreetype is to be used for a value of <type> member of the structure MDrawGlyph to specify the type of <fontp> member is actually FT_Face.
The variable Mxft is to be used for a value of <type> member of the structure MDrawGlyph to specify the type of <fontp> member is actually (XftFont *).
The variable mfont_freetype_path is a plist of FreeType font files and directories that contain FreeType font files. Key of the element is Mstring, and the value is a string that represents a font file or a directory.
The macro M17N_INIT() sets up this variable to contain the sub-directory "fonts" of the m17n database and the environment variable "M17NDIR". The first call of mframe() creates the internal list of the actually available fonts from this variable. Thus, an application program, if necessary, must modify the variable before calling mframe(). If it is going to add a new element, value must be a string that can be safely freed.
If the m17n library is not configured to use the FreeType library, this variable is not used.