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.TH "mfont_get_prop" 3m17n "15 Oct 2009" "" "Version 1.5.5" "" "The m17n Library" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mfont_get_prop \- Get a property value of a font. 


.SH SYNOPSIS
void*
\fBmfont_get_prop\fP (\fBMFont\fP *
\fIfont\fP, \fBMSymbol\fP
\fIkey\fP)


.SH DESCRIPTION
Get a property value of a font. 
.PP
The
.ft B
mfont_get_prop()
.ft R
function gets the value of
.ft B
key
.ft R
property of font
.ft B
font\fP.
.ft R
.ft B
key
.ft R
must be one of the following symbols:
.PP
\fCMfoundry\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mfamily\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mweight\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mstyle\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mstretch\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Madstyle\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mregistry\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Msize\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mresolution\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mspacing\fP.
.ft R
.PP
If
.ft B
font
.ft R
is a return value of
.ft B
mfont_find()\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
key
.ft R
can also be one of the following symbols:
.PP
\fBMfont_ascent\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
Mfont_descent\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
Mmax_advance\fP.
.ft R
.PP
.SH RETURN VALUE
.PP
.RS 4
If
.ft B
key
.ft R
is
.ft C
Mfoundry\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mfamily\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mweight\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mstyle\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mstretch\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Madstyle\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mregistry\fP,
.ft R
or
.ft C
Mspacing\fP,
.ft R
this function returns the corresponding value as a symbol. If the font does not have
.ft B
key
.ft R
property, it returns
.ft C
Mnil\fP.
.ft R
If
.ft B
key
.ft R
is
.ft C
Msize\fP,
.ft R
.ft C
Mresolution\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
Mfont_ascent\fP,
.ft R
Mfont_descent, or
.ft B
Mmax_advance\fP,
.ft R
this function returns the corresponding value as an integer. If the font does not have
.ft B
key
.ft R
property, it returns 0. If
.ft B
key
.ft R
is something else, it returns
.ft C
NULL
.ft R
and assigns an error code to the external variable
.ft B
merror_code\fP.
.ft R
.RE
.PP

.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001 Information\-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
.br
Copyright (C) 2001\-2009 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
.br
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License 
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.
