GdkFont
Structure holding font information.
Object Hierarchy
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.
