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GDK Classes

GdkFont

Structure holding font information.

Object Hierarchy

GdkFont

Direct subclasses

None.

Description

A GdkFont is a data structure containing basic information about a font, in terms of its type, ascent and descent. There is no constructor, as the fonts available are provided by the system. The GdkFont structure simply allows a new font to be loaded and queried.

To load a font, use gdk::font_load() . To load a fontset - a range of different fonts - use gdk::fontset_load() . Either function will return a single GdkFont.

Under win32 currently, all fonts are of the type GDK_FONT_FONTSET, regardless of the loading method.

Methods

extents()
Returns an array of sizing information.
measure()
The drawn width of a text-string, measured in pixels.
height()
Returns the line height, measured in pixels.
width()
The logical width of a text string, measured in pixels.

Properties

type:
Font or fontset type.
ascent:
Baseline to top of logical area.
descent:
Baseline to bottom of logical area.