## Fonts Fonts — Structures representing abstract fonts |

## Synopsis

                        PangoFontDescription;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_FONT_DESCRIPTION
    enum                PangoStyle;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_STYLE
    enum                PangoWeight;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_WEIGHT
    enum                PangoVariant;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_VARIANT
    enum                PangoStretch;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_STRETCH
    enum                PangoFontMask;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MASK
    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_description_new       (void);
    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_description_copy      (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_description_copy_static
                                                            (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    guint               pango_font_description_hash         (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    gboolean            pango_font_description_equal        (const PangoFontDescription *desc1,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *desc2);
    void                pango_font_description_free         (PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void                pango_font_descriptions_free        (PangoFontDescription **descs,
                                                             int n_descs);
    void                pango_font_description_set_family   (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             const char *family);
    void                pango_font_description_set_family_static
                                                            (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             const char *family);
    const char *        pango_font_description_get_family   (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void                pango_font_description_set_style    (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoStyle style);
    PangoStyle          pango_font_description_get_style    (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void                pango_font_description_set_variant  (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoVariant variant);
    PangoVariant        pango_font_description_get_variant  (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void                pango_font_description_set_weight   (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoWeight weight);
    PangoWeight         pango_font_description_get_weight   (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void                pango_font_description_set_stretch  (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoStretch stretch);
    PangoStretch        pango_font_description_get_stretch  (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void                pango_font_description_set_size     (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             gint size);
    gint                pango_font_description_get_size     (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void                pango_font_description_set_absolute_size
                                                            (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             double size);
    gboolean            pango_font_description_get_size_is_absolute
                                                            (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void                pango_font_description_set_gravity  (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoGravity gravity);
    PangoGravity        pango_font_description_get_gravity  (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    PangoFontMask       pango_font_description_get_set_fields
                                                            (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void                pango_font_description_unset_fields (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoFontMask to_unset);
    void                pango_font_description_merge        (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *desc_to_merge,
                                                             gboolean replace_existing);
    void                pango_font_description_merge_static (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *desc_to_merge,
                                                             gboolean replace_existing);
    gboolean            pango_font_description_better_match (const PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *old_match,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *new_match);
    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_description_from_string
                                                            (const char *str);
    char *              pango_font_description_to_string    (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    char *              pango_font_description_to_filename  (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

    struct              PangoFontMetrics;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_FONT_METRICS
    PangoFontMetrics *  pango_font_metrics_ref              (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    void                pango_font_metrics_unref            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_ascent       (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_descent      (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_char_width
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_underline_thickness
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_underline_position
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_strikethrough_thickness
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_strikethrough_position
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

                        PangoFont;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_FONT
    #define             PANGO_FONT                          (object)
    #define             PANGO_IS_FONT                       (object)
    PangoEngineShape *  pango_font_find_shaper              (PangoFont *font,
                                                             PangoLanguage *language,
                                                             guint32 ch);
    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_describe              (PangoFont *font);
    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_describe_with_absolute_size
                                                            (PangoFont *font);
    PangoCoverage *     pango_font_get_coverage             (PangoFont *font,
                                                             PangoLanguage *language);
    void                pango_font_get_glyph_extents        (PangoFont *font,
                                                             PangoGlyph glyph,
                                                             PangoRectangle *ink_rect,
                                                             PangoRectangle *logical_rect);
    PangoFontMetrics *  pango_font_get_metrics              (PangoFont *font,
                                                             PangoLanguage *language);
    PangoFontMap *      pango_font_get_font_map             (PangoFont *font);

    struct              PangoFontFamily;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FAMILY
    #define             PANGO_FONT_FAMILY                   (object)
    #define             PANGO_IS_FONT_FAMILY                (object)
    const char *        pango_font_family_get_name          (PangoFontFamily *family);
    gboolean            pango_font_family_is_monospace      (PangoFontFamily *family);
    void                pango_font_family_list_faces        (PangoFontFamily *family,
                                                             PangoFontFace ***faces,
                                                             int *n_faces);

    struct              PangoFontFace;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FACE
    #define             PANGO_FONT_FACE                     (object)
    #define             PANGO_IS_FONT_FACE                  (object)
    const char *        pango_font_face_get_face_name       (PangoFontFace *face);
    void                pango_font_face_list_sizes          (PangoFontFace *face,
                                                             int **sizes,
                                                             int *n_sizes);
    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_face_describe         (PangoFontFace *face);
    gboolean            pango_font_face_is_synthesized      (PangoFontFace *face);

                        PangoFontMap;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP
    #define             PANGO_FONT_MAP                      (object)
    #define             PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP                   (object)
    struct              PangoFontMapClass;
    #define             PANGO_FONT_MAP_CLASS                (klass)
    #define             PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP_CLASS             (klass)
    #define             PANGO_FONT_MAP_GET_CLASS            (obj)
    PangoContext *      pango_font_map_create_context       (PangoFontMap *fontmap);
    PangoFont *         pango_font_map_load_font            (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                             PangoContext *context,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    PangoFontset *      pango_font_map_load_fontset         (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                             PangoContext *context,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoLanguage *language);
    void                pango_font_map_list_families        (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                             PangoFontFamily ***families,
                                                             int *n_families);
    const char *        pango_font_map_get_shape_engine_type
                                                            (PangoFontMap *fontmap);
    guint               pango_font_map_get_serial           (PangoFontMap *fontmap);
    void                pango_font_map_changed              (PangoFontMap *fontmap);

    struct              PangoFontset;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET
    struct              PangoFontsetClass;
    PangoFont *         pango_fontset_get_font              (PangoFontset *fontset,
                                                             guint wc);
    PangoFontMetrics *  pango_fontset_get_metrics           (PangoFontset *fontset);
    gboolean            (*PangoFontsetForeachFunc)          (PangoFontset *fontset,
                                                             PangoFont *font,
                                                             gpointer user_data);
    void                pango_fontset_foreach               (PangoFontset *fontset,
                                                             PangoFontsetForeachFunc func,
                                                             gpointer data);
                        PangoFontsetSimple;
    #define             PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET_SIMPLE
    PangoFontsetSimple * pango_fontset_simple_new           (PangoLanguage *language);
    void                pango_fontset_simple_append         (PangoFontsetSimple *fontset,
                                                             PangoFont *font);
    int                 pango_fontset_simple_size           (PangoFontsetSimple *fontset);

## Object Hierarchy

      GBoxed
       +----PangoFontDescription

      GEnum
       +----PangoStyle

      GEnum
       +----PangoWeight

      GEnum
       +----PangoVariant

      GEnum
       +----PangoStretch

      GFlags
       +----PangoFontMask

      GBoxed
       +----PangoFontMetrics

      GObject
       +----PangoFont
             +----PangoFcFont

      GObject
       +----PangoFontFamily

      GObject
       +----PangoFontFace

      GObject
       +----PangoFontMap
             +----PangoFcFontMap

      GObject
       +----PangoFontset
             +----PangoFontsetSimple

      GObject
       +----PangoFontset
             +----PangoFontsetSimple

## Known Derived Interfaces

PangoFont is required by PangoCairoFont.

PangoFontMap is required by PangoCairoFontMap.

## Description

Pango supports a flexible architecture where a particular rendering architecture can supply an implementation of fonts. The PangoFont structure represents an abstract rendering-system-independent font. Pango provides routines to list available fonts, and to load a font of a given description.

## Details

### PangoFontDescription

    typedef struct _PangoFontDescription PangoFontDescription;

The PangoFontDescription structure represents the description of an ideal font. These structures are used both to list what fonts are available on the system and also for specifying the characteristics of a font to load.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_DESCRIPTION

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_DESCRIPTION (pango_font_description_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontDescription.

### enum PangoStyle

    typedef enum {
      PANGO_STYLE_NORMAL,
      PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE,
      PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC
    } PangoStyle;

An enumeration specifying the various slant styles possible for a font.

`PANGO_STYLE_NORMAL` | the font is upright.
`PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE` | the font is slanted, but in a roman style.
`PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC` | the font is slanted in an italic style.

### PANGO_TYPE_STYLE

    #define PANGO_TYPE_STYLE (pango_style_get_type ())

### enum PangoWeight

    typedef enum {
      PANGO_WEIGHT_THIN = 100,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRALIGHT = 200,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_LIGHT = 300,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_BOOK = 380,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_NORMAL = 400,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_MEDIUM = 500,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_SEMIBOLD = 600,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD = 700,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRABOLD = 800,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_HEAVY = 900,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRAHEAVY = 1000
    } PangoWeight;

An enumeration specifying the weight (boldness) of a font. This is a numerical value ranging from 100 to 900, but there are some predefined values:

`PANGO_WEIGHT_THIN` | the thin weight (= 100; Since: 1.24)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRALIGHT` | the ultralight weight (= 200)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_LIGHT` | the light weight (= 300)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_BOOK` | the book weight (= 380; Since: 1.24)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_NORMAL` | the default weight (= 400)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_MEDIUM` | the normal weight (= 500; Since: 1.24)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_SEMIBOLD` | the semibold weight (= 600)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD` | the bold weight (= 700)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRABOLD` | the ultrabold weight (= 800)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_HEAVY` | the heavy weight (= 900)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRAHEAVY` | the ultraheavy weight (= 1000; Since: 1.24)

### PANGO_TYPE_WEIGHT

    #define PANGO_TYPE_WEIGHT (pango_weight_get_type ())

### enum PangoVariant

    typedef enum {
      PANGO_VARIANT_NORMAL,
      PANGO_VARIANT_SMALL_CAPS
    } PangoVariant;

An enumeration specifying capitalization variant of the font.

`PANGO_VARIANT_NORMAL` | A normal font.
`PANGO_VARIANT_SMALL_CAPS` | A font with the lower case characters replaced by smaller variants of the capital characters.

### PANGO_TYPE_VARIANT

    #define PANGO_TYPE_VARIANT (pango_variant_get_type ())

### enum PangoStretch

    typedef enum {
      PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_CONDENSED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_EXTRA_CONDENSED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_CONDENSED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_SEMI_CONDENSED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_NORMAL,
      PANGO_STRETCH_SEMI_EXPANDED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_EXPANDED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_EXTRA_EXPANDED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_EXPANDED
    } PangoStretch;

An enumeration specifying the width of the font relative to other designs within a family.

`PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_CONDENSED` | ultra condensed width
`PANGO_STRETCH_EXTRA_CONDENSED` | extra condensed width
`PANGO_STRETCH_CONDENSED` | condensed width
`PANGO_STRETCH_SEMI_CONDENSED` | semi condensed width
`PANGO_STRETCH_NORMAL` | the normal width
`PANGO_STRETCH_SEMI_EXPANDED` | semi expanded width
`PANGO_STRETCH_EXPANDED` | expanded width
`PANGO_STRETCH_EXTRA_EXPANDED` | extra expanded width
`PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_EXPANDED` | ultra expanded width

### PANGO_TYPE_STRETCH

    #define PANGO_TYPE_STRETCH (pango_stretch_get_type ())

### enum PangoFontMask

    typedef enum {
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_FAMILY  = 1 << 0,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_STYLE   = 1 << 1,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_VARIANT = 1 << 2,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_WEIGHT  = 1 << 3,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_STRETCH = 1 << 4,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_SIZE    = 1 << 5,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_GRAVITY = 1 << 6
    } PangoFontMask;

The bits in a PangoFontMask correspond to fields in a PangoFontDescription that have been set.

`PANGO_FONT_MASK_FAMILY` | the font family is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_STYLE` | the font style is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_VARIANT` | the font variant is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_WEIGHT` | the font weight is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_STRETCH` | the font stretch is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_SIZE` | the font size is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_GRAVITY` | the font gravity is specified (Since: 1.16.)

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MASK

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MASK (pango_font_mask_get_type ())

### pango_font_description_new ()

    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_description_new       (void);

Creates a new font description structure with all fields unset.

Returns : | the newly allocated PangoFontDescription, which should be freed using `pango_font_description_free()`.

### pango_font_description_copy ()

    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_description_copy      (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Make a copy of a PangoFontDescription.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription, may be `NULL`
Returns : | the newly allocated PangoFontDescription, which should be freed with `pango_font_description_free()`, or `NULL` if `desc` was `NULL`.

### pango_font_description_copy_static ()

    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_description_copy_static
                                                            (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Like `pango_font_description_copy()`, but only a shallow copy is made of the family name and other allocated fields. The result can only be used until `desc` is modified or freed. This is meant to be used when the copy is only needed temporarily.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription, may be `NULL`
Returns : | the newly allocated PangoFontDescription, which should be freed with `pango_font_description_free()`, or `NULL` if `desc` was `NULL`.

### pango_font_description_hash ()

    guint               pango_font_description_hash         (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Computes a hash of a PangoFontDescription structure suitable to be used, for example, as an argument to `g_hash_table_new()`. The hash value is independent of `desc->mask`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | the hash value.

### pango_font_description_equal ()

    gboolean            pango_font_description_equal        (const PangoFontDescription *desc1,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *desc2);

Compares two font descriptions for equality. Two font descriptions are considered equal if the fonts they describe are provably identical. This means that their masks do not have to match, as long as other fields are all the same. (Two font descriptions may result in identical fonts being loaded, but still compare `FALSE`.)

`desc1` : | a PangoFontDescription
`desc2` : | another PangoFontDescription
Returns : | `TRUE` if the two font descriptions are identical, `FALSE` otherwise.

### pango_font_description_free ()

    void                pango_font_description_free         (PangoFontDescription *desc);

Frees a font description.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription, may be `NULL`

### pango_font_descriptions_free ()

    void                pango_font_descriptions_free        (PangoFontDescription **descs,
                                                             int n_descs);

Frees an array of font descriptions.

`descs` : | a pointer to an array of PangoFontDescription, may be `NULL`. [allow-none][array length=n_descs][transfer full]
`n_descs` : | number of font descriptions in `descs`

### pango_font_description_set_family ()

    void                pango_font_description_set_family   (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             const char *family);

Sets the family name field of a font description. The family name represents a family of related font styles, and will resolve to a particular PangoFontFamily. In some uses of PangoFontDescription, it is also possible to use a comma separated list of family names for this field.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription.
`family` : | a string representing the family name.

### pango_font_description_set_family_static ()

    void                pango_font_description_set_family_static
                                                            (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             const char *family);

Like `pango_font_description_set_family()`, except that no copy of `family` is made. The caller must make sure that the string passed in stays around until `desc` has been freed or the name is set again. This function can be used if `family` is a static string such as a C string literal, or if `desc` is only needed temporarily.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`family` : | a string representing the family name.

### pango_font_description_get_family ()

    const char *        pango_font_description_get_family   (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the family name field of a font description. See `pango_font_description_set_family()`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription.
Returns : | the family name field for the font description, or `NULL` if not previously set. This has the same life-time as the font description itself and should not be freed.

### pango_font_description_set_style ()

    void                pango_font_description_set_style    (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoStyle style);

Sets the style field of a PangoFontDescription. The PangoStyle enumeration describes whether the font is slanted and the manner in which it is slanted; it can be either PANGO_STYLE_NORMAL, PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC, or PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE. Most fonts will either have a italic style or an oblique style, but not both, and font matching in Pango will match italic specifications with oblique fonts and vice-versa if an exact match is not found.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`style` : | the style for the font description

### pango_font_description_get_style ()

    PangoStyle          pango_font_description_get_style    (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the style field of a PangoFontDescription. See `pango_font_description_set_style()`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | the style field for the font description. Use `pango_font_description_get_set_fields()` to find out if the field was explicitly set or not.

### pango_font_description_set_variant ()

    void                pango_font_description_set_variant  (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoVariant variant);

Sets the variant field of a font description. The PangoVariant can either be `PANGO_VARIANT_NORMAL` or `PANGO_VARIANT_SMALL_CAPS`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`variant` : | the variant type for the font description.

### pango_font_description_get_variant ()

    PangoVariant        pango_font_description_get_variant  (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the variant field of a PangoFontDescription. See `pango_font_description_set_variant()`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription.
Returns : | the variant field for the font description. Use `pango_font_description_get_set_fields()` to find out if the field was explicitly set or not.

### pango_font_description_set_weight ()

    void                pango_font_description_set_weight   (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoWeight weight);

Sets the weight field of a font description. The weight field specifies how bold or light the font should be. In addition to the values of the PangoWeight enumeration, other intermediate numeric values are possible.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`weight` : | the weight for the font description.

### pango_font_description_get_weight ()

    PangoWeight         pango_font_description_get_weight   (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the weight field of a font description. See `pango_font_description_set_weight()`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | the weight field for the font description. Use `pango_font_description_get_set_fields()` to find out if the field was explicitly set or not.

### pango_font_description_set_stretch ()

    void                pango_font_description_set_stretch  (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoStretch stretch);

Sets the stretch field of a font description. The stretch field specifies how narrow or wide the font should be.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`stretch` : | the stretch for the font description

### pango_font_description_get_stretch ()

    PangoStretch        pango_font_description_get_stretch  (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the stretch field of a font description. See `pango_font_description_set_stretch()`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription.
Returns : | the stretch field for the font description. Use `pango_font_description_get_set_fields()` to find out if the field was explicitly set or not.

### pango_font_description_set_size ()

    void                pango_font_description_set_size     (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             gint size);

Sets the size field of a font description in fractional points. This is mutually exclusive with `pango_font_description_set_absolute_size()`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`size` : | the size of the font in points, scaled by PANGO_SCALE. (That is, a `size` value of 10 * PANGO_SCALE is a 10 point font. The conversion factor between points and device units depends on system configuration and the output device. For screen display, a logical DPI of 96 is common, in which case a 10 point font corresponds to a 10 * (96 / 72) = 13.3 pixel font. Use `pango_font_description_set_absolute_size()` if you need a particular size in device units.

### pango_font_description_get_size ()

    gint                pango_font_description_get_size     (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the size field of a font description. See `pango_font_description_set_size()`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | the size field for the font description in points or device units. You must call `pango_font_description_get_size_is_absolute()` to find out which is the case. Returns 0 if the size field has not previously been set or it has been set to 0 explicitly. Use `pango_font_description_get_set_fields()` to find out if the field was explicitly set or not.

### pango_font_description_set_absolute_size ()

    void                pango_font_description_set_absolute_size
                                                            (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             double size);

Sets the size field of a font description, in device units. This is mutually exclusive with `pango_font_description_set_size()` which sets the font size in points.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`size` : | the new size, in Pango units. There are `PANGO_SCALE` Pango units in one device unit. For an output backend where a device unit is a pixel, a `size` value of 10 * PANGO_SCALE gives a 10 pixel font.

Since 1.8

### pango_font_description_get_size_is_absolute ()

    gboolean            pango_font_description_get_size_is_absolute
                                                            (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Determines whether the size of the font is in points (not absolute) or device units (absolute). See `pango_font_description_set_size()` and `pango_font_description_set_absolute_size()`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | whether the size for the font description is in points or device units. Use `pango_font_description_get_set_fields()` to find out if the size field of the font description was explicitly set or not.

Since 1.8

### pango_font_description_set_gravity ()

    void                pango_font_description_set_gravity  (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoGravity gravity);

Sets the gravity field of a font description. The gravity field specifies how the glyphs should be rotated. If `gravity` is `PANGO_GRAVITY_AUTO`, this actually unsets the gravity mask on the font description.

This function is seldom useful to the user. Gravity should normally be set on a PangoContext.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`gravity` : | the gravity for the font description.

Since 1.16

### pango_font_description_get_gravity ()

    PangoGravity        pango_font_description_get_gravity  (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the gravity field of a font description. See `pango_font_description_set_gravity()`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | the gravity field for the font description. Use `pango_font_description_get_set_fields()` to find out if the field was explicitly set or not.

Since 1.16

### pango_font_description_get_set_fields ()

    PangoFontMask       pango_font_description_get_set_fields
                                                            (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Determines which fields in a font description have been set.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | a bitmask with bits set corresponding to the fields in `desc` that have been set.

### pango_font_description_unset_fields ()

    void                pango_font_description_unset_fields (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoFontMask to_unset);

Unsets some of the fields in a PangoFontDescription. The unset fields will get back to their default values.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`to_unset` : | bitmask of fields in the `desc` to unset.

### pango_font_description_merge ()

    void                pango_font_description_merge        (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *desc_to_merge,
                                                             gboolean replace_existing);

Merges the fields that are set in `desc_to_merge` into the fields in `desc`. If `replace_existing` is `FALSE`, only fields in `desc` that are not already set are affected. If `TRUE`, then fields that are already set will be replaced as well.

If `desc_to_merge` is `NULL`, this function performs nothing.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`desc_to_merge` : | the PangoFontDescription to merge from, or `NULL`. [allow-none]
`replace_existing` : | if `TRUE`, replace fields in `desc` with the corresponding values from `desc_to_merge`, even if they are already exist.

### pango_font_description_merge_static ()

    void                pango_font_description_merge_static (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *desc_to_merge,
                                                             gboolean replace_existing);

Like `pango_font_description_merge()`, but only a shallow copy is made of the family name and other allocated fields. `desc` can only be used until `desc_to_merge` is modified or freed. This is meant to be used when the merged font description is only needed temporarily.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`desc_to_merge` : | the PangoFontDescription to merge from
`replace_existing` : | if `TRUE`, replace fields in `desc` with the corresponding values from `desc_to_merge`, even if they are already exist.

### pango_font_description_better_match ()

    gboolean            pango_font_description_better_match (const PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *old_match,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *new_match);

Determines if the style attributes of `new_match` are a closer match for `desc` than those of `old_match` are, or if `old_match` is `NULL`, determines if `new_match` is a match at all. Approximate matching is done for weight and style; other style attributes must match exactly. Style attributes are all attributes other than family and size-related attributes. Approximate matching for style considers PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE and PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC as matches, but not as good a match as when the styles are equal.

Note that `old_match` must match `desc`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`old_match` : | a PangoFontDescription, or `NULL`. [allow-none]
`new_match` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | `TRUE` if `new_match` is a better match

### pango_font_description_from_string ()

    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_description_from_string
                                                            (const char *str);

Creates a new font description from a string representation in the form "[FAMILY-LIST] [STYLE-OPTIONS] [SIZE]", where FAMILY-LIST is a comma separated list of families optionally terminated by a comma, STYLE_OPTIONS is a whitespace separated list of words where each WORD describes one of style, variant, weight, stretch, or gravity, and SIZE is a decimal number (size in points) or optionally followed by the unit modifier "px" for absolute size. Any one of the options may be absent. If FAMILY-LIST is absent, then the family_name field of the resulting font description will be initialized to `NULL`. If STYLE-OPTIONS is missing, then all style options will be set to the default values. If SIZE is missing, the size in the resulting font description will be set to 0.

`str` : | string representation of a font description.
Returns : | a new PangoFontDescription.

### pango_font_description_to_string ()

    char *              pango_font_description_to_string    (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Creates a string representation of a font description. See `pango_font_description_from_string()` for a description of the format of the string representation. The family list in the string description will only have a terminating comma if the last word of the list is a valid style option.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | a new string that must be freed with `g_free()`.

### pango_font_description_to_filename ()

    char *              pango_font_description_to_filename  (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Creates a filename representation of a font description. The filename is identical to the result from calling `pango_font_description_to_string()`, but with underscores instead of characters that are untypical in filenames, and in lower case only.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | a new string that must be freed with `g_free()`.

### struct PangoFontMetrics

    struct PangoFontMetrics {
      guint ref_count;

      int ascent;
      int descent;
      int approximate_char_width;
      int approximate_digit_width;
      int underline_position;
      int underline_thickness;
      int strikethrough_position;
      int strikethrough_thickness;
    };

A PangoFontMetrics structure holds the overall metric information for a font (possibly restricted to a script). The fields of this structure are private to implementations of a font backend. See the documentation of the corresponding getters for documentation of their meaning.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_METRICS

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_METRICS  (pango_font_metrics_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontMetrics.

### pango_font_metrics_ref ()

    PangoFontMetrics *  pango_font_metrics_ref              (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Increase the reference count of a font metrics structure by one.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure, may be `NULL`
Returns : | `metrics`

### pango_font_metrics_unref ()

    void                pango_font_metrics_unref            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Decrease the reference count of a font metrics structure by one. If the result is zero, frees the structure and any associated memory.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure, may be `NULL`

### pango_font_metrics_get_ascent ()

    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_ascent       (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the ascent from a font metrics structure. The ascent is the distance from the baseline to the logical top of a line of text. (The logical top may be above or below the top of the actual drawn ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure where the ink will be.)

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the ascent, in Pango units.

### pango_font_metrics_get_descent ()

    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_descent      (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the descent from a font metrics structure. The descent is the distance from the baseline to the logical bottom of a line of text. (The logical bottom may be above or below the bottom of the actual drawn ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure where the ink will be.)

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the descent, in Pango units.

### pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_char_width ()

    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_char_width
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the approximate character width for a font metrics structure. This is merely a representative value useful, for example, for determining the initial size for a window. Actual characters in text will be wider and narrower than this.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the character width, in Pango units.

### pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width ()

    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the approximate digit width for a font metrics structure. This is merely a representative value useful, for example, for determining the initial size for a window. Actual digits in text can be wider or narrower than this, though this value is generally somewhat more accurate than the result of `pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_char_width()` for digits.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the digit width, in Pango units.

### pango_font_metrics_get_underline_thickness ()

    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_underline_thickness
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the suggested thickness to draw for the underline.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the suggested underline thickness, in Pango units.

Since 1.6

### pango_font_metrics_get_underline_position ()

    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_underline_position
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the suggested position to draw the underline. The value returned is the distance above the baseline of the top of the underline. Since most fonts have underline positions beneath the baseline, this value is typically negative.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the suggested underline position, in Pango units.

Since 1.6

### pango_font_metrics_get_strikethrough_thickness ()

    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_strikethrough_thickness
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the suggested thickness to draw for the strikethrough.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the suggested strikethrough thickness, in Pango units.

Since 1.6

### pango_font_metrics_get_strikethrough_position ()

    int                 pango_font_metrics_get_strikethrough_position
                                                            (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the suggested position to draw the strikethrough. The value returned is the distance above the baseline of the top of the strikethrough.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the suggested strikethrough position, in Pango units.

Since 1.6

### PangoFont

    typedef struct _PangoFont PangoFont;

The PangoFont structure is used to represent a font in a rendering-system-independent matter. To create an implementation of a PangoFont, the rendering-system specific code should allocate a larger structure that contains a nested PangoFont, fill in the `klass` member of the nested PangoFont with a pointer to a appropriate PangoFontClass, then call `pango_font_init()` on the structure.

The PangoFont structure contains one member which the implementation fills in.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT              (pango_font_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFont.

### PANGO_FONT()

    #define PANGO_FONT(object)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT, PangoFont))

Casts a GObject to a PangoFont.

`object` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_IS_FONT()

    #define PANGO_IS_FONT(object)        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT))

`object` : | a GObject.
Returns : | `TRUE` if `object` is a PangoFont.

### pango_font_find_shaper ()

    PangoEngineShape *  pango_font_find_shaper              (PangoFont *font,
                                                             PangoLanguage *language,
                                                             guint32 ch);

Finds the best matching shaper for a font for a particular language tag and character point.

`font` : | a PangoFont
`language` : | the language tag
`ch` : | a Unicode character.
Returns : | the best matching shaper.

### pango_font_describe ()

    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_describe              (PangoFont *font);

Returns a description of the font, with font size set in points. Use `pango_font_describe_with_absolute_size()` if you want the font size in device units.

`font` : | a PangoFont
Returns : | a newly-allocated PangoFontDescription object.

### pango_font_describe_with_absolute_size ()

    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_describe_with_absolute_size
                                                            (PangoFont *font);

Returns a description of the font, with absolute font size set (in device units). Use `pango_font_describe()` if you want the font size in points.

`font` : | a PangoFont
Returns : | a newly-allocated PangoFontDescription object.

Since 1.14

### pango_font_get_coverage ()

    PangoCoverage *     pango_font_get_coverage             (PangoFont *font,
                                                             PangoLanguage *language);

Computes the coverage map for a given font and language tag.

`font` : | a PangoFont
`language` : | the language tag
Returns : | a newly-allocated PangoCoverage object. [transfer full]

### pango_font_get_glyph_extents ()

    void                pango_font_get_glyph_extents        (PangoFont *font,
                                                             PangoGlyph glyph,
                                                             PangoRectangle *ink_rect,
                                                             PangoRectangle *logical_rect);

Gets the logical and ink extents of a glyph within a font. The coordinate system for each rectangle has its origin at the base line and horizontal origin of the character with increasing coordinates extending to the right and down. The macros `PANGO_ASCENT()`, `PANGO_DESCENT()`, `PANGO_LBEARING()`, and `PANGO_RBEARING()` can be used to convert from the extents rectangle to more traditional font metrics. The units of the rectangles are in 1/PANGO_SCALE of a device unit.

If `font` is `NULL`, this function gracefully sets some sane values in the output variables and returns.

`font` : | a PangoFont
`glyph` : | the glyph index
`ink_rect` : | rectangle used to store the extents of the glyph as drawn or `NULL` to indicate that the result is not needed. [out][allow-none]
`logical_rect` : | rectangle used to store the logical extents of the glyph or `NULL` to indicate that the result is not needed. [out][allow-none]

### pango_font_get_metrics ()

    PangoFontMetrics *  pango_font_get_metrics              (PangoFont *font,
                                                             PangoLanguage *language);

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.

`font` : | a PangoFont
`language` : | language tag used to determine which script to get the metrics for, or `NULL` to indicate to get the metrics for the entire font. [allow-none]
Returns : | a PangoFontMetrics object. The caller must call `pango_font_metrics_unref()` when finished using the object.

### pango_font_get_font_map ()

    PangoFontMap *      pango_font_get_font_map             (PangoFont *font);

Gets the font map for which the font was created.

Note that the font maintains a weak reference to the font map, so if all references to font map are dropped, the font map will be finalized even if there are fonts created with the font map that are still alive. In that case this function will return `NULL`. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that the font map is kept alive. In most uses this is not an issue as a PangoContext holds a reference to the font map.

`font` : | a PangoFont, or `NULL`
Returns : | the PangoFontMap for the font, or `NULL` if `font` is `NULL`. [transfer none]

Since 1.10

### struct PangoFontFamily

    struct PangoFontFamily;

The PangoFontFamily structure is used to represent a family of related font faces. The faces in a family share a common design, but differ in slant, weight, width and other aspects.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FAMILY

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FAMILY              (pango_font_family_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontFamily.

### PANGO_FONT_FAMILY()

    #define PANGO_FONT_FAMILY(object)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FAMILY, PangoFontFamily))

Casts a GObject to a PangoFontFamily.

`object` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_IS_FONT_FAMILY()

    #define PANGO_IS_FONT_FAMILY(object)        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FAMILY))

`object` : | a GObject.
Returns : | `TRUE` if `object` is a PangoFontFamily.

### pango_font_family_get_name ()

    const char *        pango_font_family_get_name          (PangoFontFamily *family);

Gets the name of the family. The name is unique among all fonts for the font backend and can be used in a PangoFontDescription to specify that a face from this family is desired.

`family` : | a PangoFontFamily
Returns : | the name of the family. This string is owned by the family object and must not be modified or freed.

### pango_font_family_is_monospace ()

    gboolean            pango_font_family_is_monospace      (PangoFontFamily *family);

A monospace font is a font designed for text display where the the characters form a regular grid. For Western languages this would mean that the advance width of all characters are the same, but this categorization also includes Asian fonts which include double-width characters: characters that occupy two grid cells. `g_unichar_iswide()` returns a result that indicates whether a character is typically double-width in a monospace font.

The best way to find out the grid-cell size is to call `pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width()`, since the results of `pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_char_width()` may be affected by double-width characters.

`family` : | a PangoFontFamily
Returns : | `TRUE` if the family is monospace.

Since 1.4

### pango_font_family_list_faces ()

    void                pango_font_family_list_faces        (PangoFontFamily *family,
                                                             PangoFontFace ***faces,
                                                             int *n_faces);

Lists the different font faces that make up `family`. The faces in a family share a common design, but differ in slant, weight, width and other aspects.

`family` : | a PangoFontFamily
`faces` : | location to store an array of pointers to PangoFontFace objects, or `NULL`. This array should be freed with `g_free()` when it is no longer needed. [out][allow-none][array length=n_faces][transfer container]
`n_faces` : | location to store number of elements in `faces`. [out]

### struct PangoFontFace

    struct PangoFontFace;

The PangoFontFace structure is used to represent a group of fonts with the same family, slant, weight, width, but varying sizes.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FACE

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FACE              (pango_font_face_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontFace.

### PANGO_FONT_FACE()

    #define PANGO_FONT_FACE(object)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FACE, PangoFontFace))

Casts a GObject to a PangoFontFace.

`object` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_IS_FONT_FACE()

    #define PANGO_IS_FONT_FACE(object)        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FACE))

`object` : | a GObject.
Returns : | `TRUE` if `object` is a PangoFontFace.

### pango_font_face_get_face_name ()

    const char *        pango_font_face_get_face_name       (PangoFontFace *face);

Gets a name representing the style of this face among the different faces in the PangoFontFamily for the face. This name is unique among all faces in the family and is suitable for displaying to users.

`face` : | a PangoFontFace.
Returns : | the face name for the face. This string is owned by the face object and must not be modified or freed.

### pango_font_face_list_sizes ()

    void                pango_font_face_list_sizes          (PangoFontFace *face,
                                                             int **sizes,
                                                             int *n_sizes);

List the available sizes for a font. This is only applicable to bitmap fonts. For scalable fonts, stores `NULL` at the location pointed to by `sizes` and 0 at the location pointed to by `n_sizes`. The sizes returned are in Pango units and are sorted in ascending order.

`face` : | a PangoFontFace.
`sizes` : | location to store a pointer to an array of int. This array should be freed with `g_free()`. [out][array length=n_sizes]
`n_sizes` : | location to store the number of elements in `sizes`

Since 1.4

### pango_font_face_describe ()

    PangoFontDescription * pango_font_face_describe         (PangoFontFace *face);

Returns the family, style, variant, weight and stretch of a PangoFontFace. The size field of the resulting font description will be unset.

`face` : | a PangoFontFace
Returns : | a newly-created PangoFontDescription structure holding the description of the face. Use `pango_font_description_free()` to free the result.

### pango_font_face_is_synthesized ()

    gboolean            pango_font_face_is_synthesized      (PangoFontFace *face);

Returns whether a PangoFontFace is synthesized by the underlying font rendering engine from another face, perhaps by shearing, emboldening, or lightening it.

`face` : | a PangoFontFace
Returns : | whether `face` is synthesized.

Since 1.18

### PangoFontMap

    typedef struct _PangoFontMap PangoFontMap;

The PangoFontMap represents the set of fonts available for a particular rendering system. This is a virtual object with implementations being specific to particular rendering systems. To create an implementation of a PangoFontMap, the rendering-system specific code should allocate a larger structure that contains a nested PangoFontMap, fill in the `klass` member of the nested PangoFontMap with a pointer to a appropriate PangoFontMapClass, then call `pango_font_map_init()` on the structure.

The PangoFontMap structure contains one member which the implementation fills in.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP              (pango_font_map_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontMap.

### PANGO_FONT_MAP()

    #define PANGO_FONT_MAP(object)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP, PangoFontMap))

Casts a GObject to a PangoFontMap.

`object` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP()

    #define PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP(object)        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP))

`object` : | a GObject.
Returns : | `TRUE` if `object` is a PangoFontMap.

### struct PangoFontMapClass

    struct PangoFontMapClass {
      GObjectClass parent_class;

      PangoFont *   (*load_font)     (PangoFontMap               *fontmap,
    				  PangoContext               *context,
    				  const PangoFontDescription *desc);
      void          (*list_families) (PangoFontMap               *fontmap,
    				  PangoFontFamily          ***families,
    				  int                        *n_families);
      PangoFontset *(*load_fontset)  (PangoFontMap               *fontmap,
    				  PangoContext               *context,
    				  const PangoFontDescription *desc,
    				  PangoLanguage              *language);

      const char     *shape_engine_type;

      guint         (*get_serial)    (PangoFontMap               *fontmap);
      void          (*changed)       (PangoFontMap               *fontmap);
    };

The PangoFontMapClass structure holds the virtual functions for a particular PangoFontMap implementation.

GObjectClass `parent_class`; | parent GObjectClass.
`load_font` () | a function to load a font with a given description. See `pango_font_map_load_font()`.
`list_families` () | A function to list available font families. See `pango_font_map_list_families()`.
`load_fontset` () | a function to load a fontset with a given given description suitable for a particular language. See `pango_font_map_load_fontset()`.
const char *`shape_engine_type`; | the type of rendering-system-dependent engines that can handle fonts of this fonts loaded with this fontmap.
`get_serial` () | a function to get the serial number of the fontmap. See `pango_font_map_get_serial()`.
`changed` () | See `pango_font_map_changed()`

### PANGO_FONT_MAP_CLASS()

    #define PANGO_FONT_MAP_CLASS(klass)      (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP, PangoFontMapClass))

Casts a GObject to a PangoFontMapClass.

`klass` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP_CLASS()

    #define PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP_CLASS(klass)   (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP))

`klass` : | a GObject.
Returns : | `TRUE` if `klass` is a subtype of PangoFontMapClass.

### PANGO_FONT_MAP_GET_CLASS()

    #define PANGO_FONT_MAP_GET_CLASS(obj)    (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP, PangoFontMapClass))

`obj` : | a PangoFontMap.
Returns : | class of `obj`

### pango_font_map_create_context ()

    PangoContext *      pango_font_map_create_context       (PangoFontMap *fontmap);

Creates a PangoContext connected to `fontmap`. This is equivalent to `pango_context_new()` followed by `pango_context_set_font_map()`.

If you are using Pango as part of a higher-level system, that system may have it's own way of create a PangoContext. For instance, the GTK+ toolkit has, among others, `gdk_pango_context_get_for_screen()`, and `gtk_widget_get_pango_context()`. Use those instead.

`fontmap` : | a PangoFontMap
Returns : | the newly allocated PangoContext, which should be freed with `g_object_unref()`. [transfer full]

Since 1.22

### pango_font_map_load_font ()

    PangoFont *         pango_font_map_load_font            (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                             PangoContext *context,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Load the font in the fontmap that is the closest match for `desc`.

`fontmap` : | a PangoFontMap
`context` : | the PangoContext the font will be used with
`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription describing the font to load
Returns : | the newly allocated PangoFont loaded, or `NULL` if no font matched. [transfer full]

### pango_font_map_load_fontset ()

    PangoFontset *      pango_font_map_load_fontset         (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                             PangoContext *context,
                                                             const PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                             PangoLanguage *language);

Load a set of fonts in the fontmap that can be used to render a font matching `desc`.

`fontmap` : | a PangoFontMap
`context` : | the PangoContext the font will be used with
`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription describing the font to load
`language` : | a PangoLanguage the fonts will be used for
Returns : | the newly allocated PangoFontset loaded, or `NULL` if no font matched. [transfer full]

### pango_font_map_list_families ()

    void                pango_font_map_list_families        (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                             PangoFontFamily ***families,
                                                             int *n_families);

List all families for a fontmap.

`fontmap` : | a PangoFontMap
`families` : | location to store a pointer to an array of PangoFontFamily *. This array should be freed with `g_free()`. [out][array length=n_families][transfer container]
`n_families` : | location to store the number of elements in `families`. [out]

### pango_font_map_get_shape_engine_type ()

    const char *        pango_font_map_get_shape_engine_type
                                                            (PangoFontMap *fontmap);

Returns the render ID for shape engines for this fontmap. See the `render_type` field of PangoEngineInfo.

`fontmap` : | a PangoFontMap
Returns : | the ID string for shape engines for this fontmap. Owned by Pango, should not be modified or freed.

Since 1.4

### pango_font_map_get_serial ()

    guint               pango_font_map_get_serial           (PangoFontMap *fontmap);

Returns the current serial number of `fontmap`. The serial number is initialized to an small number larger than zero when a new fontmap is created and is increased whenever the fontmap is changed. It may wrap, but will never have the value 0. Since it can wrap, never compare it with "less than", always use "not equals".

The fontmap can only be changed using backend-specific API, like changing fontmap resolution.

This can be used to automatically detect changes to a PangoFontMap, like in PangoContext.

`fontmap` : | a PangoFontMap
Returns : | The current serial number of `fontmap`.

Since 1.32.4

### pango_font_map_changed ()

    void                pango_font_map_changed              (PangoFontMap *fontmap);

Forces a change in the context, which will cause any PangoContext using this fontmap to change.

This function is only useful when implementing a new backend for Pango, something applications won't do. Backends should call this function if they have attached extra data to the context and such data is changed.

`fontmap` : | a PangoFontMap

Since 1.34

### struct PangoFontset

    struct PangoFontset;

A PangoFontset represents a set of PangoFont to use when rendering text. It is the result of resolving a PangoFontDescription against a particular PangoContext. It has operations for finding the component font for a particular Unicode character, and for finding a composite set of metrics for the entire fontset.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET              (pango_fontset_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontset.

### struct PangoFontsetClass

    struct PangoFontsetClass {
      GObjectClass parent_class;

      PangoFont *       (*get_font)     (PangoFontset     *fontset,
    				     guint             wc);

      PangoFontMetrics *(*get_metrics)  (PangoFontset     *fontset);
      PangoLanguage *   (*get_language) (PangoFontset     *fontset);
      void              (*foreach)      (PangoFontset           *fontset,
    				     PangoFontsetForeachFunc func,
    				     gpointer                data);
    };

The PangoFontsetClass structure holds the virtual functions for a particular PangoFontset implementation.

GObjectClass `parent_class`; | parent GObjectClass.
`get_font` () | a function to get the font in the fontset that contains the best glyph for the given Unicode character; see `pango_fontset_get_font()`.
`get_metrics` () | a function to get overall metric information for the fonts in the fontset; see `pango_fontset_get_metrics()`.
`get_language` () | a function to get the language of the fontset.
`foreach` () | a function to loop over the fonts in the fontset. See `pango_fontset_foreach()`.

### pango_fontset_get_font ()

    PangoFont *         pango_fontset_get_font              (PangoFontset *fontset,
                                                             guint wc);

Returns the font in the fontset that contains the best glyph for the Unicode character `wc`.

`fontset` : | a PangoFontset
`wc` : | a Unicode character
Returns : | a PangoFont. The caller must call g_object_unref when finished with the font. [transfer full]

### pango_fontset_get_metrics ()

    PangoFontMetrics *  pango_fontset_get_metrics           (PangoFontset *fontset);

Get overall metric information for the fonts in the fontset.

`fontset` : | a PangoFontset
Returns : | a PangoFontMetrics object. The caller must call `pango_font_metrics_unref()` when finished using the object.

### PangoFontsetForeachFunc ()

    gboolean            (*PangoFontsetForeachFunc)          (PangoFontset *fontset,
                                                             PangoFont *font,
                                                             gpointer user_data);

A callback function used by `pango_fontset_foreach()` when enumerating the fonts in a fontset.

`fontset` : | a PangoFontset
`font` : | a font from `fontset`
`user_data` : | callback data
Returns : | if `TRUE`, stop iteration and return immediately.

Since 1.4

### pango_fontset_foreach ()

    void                pango_fontset_foreach               (PangoFontset *fontset,
                                                             PangoFontsetForeachFunc func,
                                                             gpointer data);

Iterates through all the fonts in a fontset, calling `func` for each one. If `func` returns `TRUE`, that stops the iteration.

`fontset` : | a PangoFontset
`func` : | Callback function. [closure data][scope call]
`data` : | data to pass to the callback function. [closure]

Since 1.4

### PangoFontsetSimple

    typedef struct _PangoFontsetSimple PangoFontsetSimple;

PangoFontsetSimple is a implementation of the abstract PangoFontset base class in terms of an array of fonts, which the creator provides when constructing the PangoFontsetSimple.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET_SIMPLE

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET_SIMPLE       (pango_fontset_simple_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontsetSimple.

### pango_fontset_simple_new ()

    PangoFontsetSimple * pango_fontset_simple_new           (PangoLanguage *language);

Creates a new PangoFontsetSimple for the given language.

`language` : | a PangoLanguage tag
Returns : | the newly allocated PangoFontsetSimple, which should be freed with `g_object_unref()`.

### pango_fontset_simple_append ()

    void                pango_fontset_simple_append         (PangoFontsetSimple *fontset,
                                                             PangoFont *font);

Adds a font to the fontset.

`fontset` : | a PangoFontsetSimple.
`font` : | a PangoFont.

### pango_fontset_simple_size ()

    int                 pango_fontset_simple_size           (PangoFontsetSimple *fontset);

Returns the number of fonts in the fontset.

`fontset` : | a PangoFontsetSimple.
Returns : | the size of `fontset`.