Fontconfig Developers Reference, Version 2.13.1
Keith Packard
HP Cambridge Research Lab
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Table of Contents
1. DESCRIPTION
2. FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW
2.1. FONT CONFIGURATION
2.2. FONT PROPERTIES
3. Datatypes
3.1. FcChar8, FcChar16, FcChar32, FcBool
3.2. FcMatrix
3.3. FcCharSet
3.4. FcLangSet
3.5. FcLangResult
3.6. FcType
3.7. FcValue
3.8. FcPattern
3.9. FcFontSet
3.10. FcStrSet, FcStrList
3.11. FcObjectSet
3.12. FcObjectType
3.13. FcConstant
3.14. FcBlanks
3.15. FcFileCache
3.16. FcConfig
3.17. FcSetName
3.18. FcResult
3.19. FcAtomic
3.20. FcCache
4. FUNCTIONS
4.1. Initialization
FcInitLoadConfig -- load configuration
FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts -- load configuration and
font data
FcInit -- initialize fontconfig library
FcFini -- finalize fontconfig library
FcGetVersion -- library version number
FcInitReinitialize -- re-initialize library
FcInitBringUptoDate -- reload configuration files if
needed
4.2. FcPattern
FcPatternCreate -- Create a pattern
FcPatternDuplicate -- Copy a pattern
FcPatternReference -- Increment pattern reference
count
FcPatternDestroy -- Destroy a pattern
FcPatternObjectCount -- Returns the number of the
object
FcPatternEqual -- Compare patterns
FcPatternEqualSubset -- Compare portions of patterns
FcPatternFilter -- Filter the objects of pattern
FcPatternHash -- Compute a pattern hash value
FcPatternAdd -- Add a value to a pattern
FcPatternAddWeak -- Add a value to a pattern with
weak binding
FcPatternAdd-Type -- Add a typed value to a pattern
FcPatternGetWithBinding -- Return a value with
binding from a pattern
FcPatternGet -- Return a value from a pattern
FcPatternGet-Type -- Return a typed value from a
pattern
FcPatternBuild -- Create patterns from arguments
FcPatternDel -- Delete a property from a pattern
FcPatternRemove -- Remove one object of the
specified type from the pattern
FcPatternIterStart -- Initialize the iterator with
the first iterator in the pattern
FcPatternIterNext --
FcPatternIterEqual -- Compare iterators
FcPatternFindIter -- Set the iterator to point to
the object in the pattern
FcPatternIterIsValid -- Check whether the iterator
is valid or not
FcPatternIterGetObject -- Returns an object name
which the iterator point to
FcPatternIterValueCount -- Returns the number of the
values which the iterator point to
FcPatternIterGetValue -- Returns a value which the
iterator point to
FcPatternPrint -- Print a pattern for debugging
FcDefaultSubstitute -- Perform default substitutions
in a pattern
FcNameParse -- Parse a pattern string
FcNameUnparse -- Convert a pattern back into a
string that can be parsed
FcPatternFormat -- Format a pattern into a string
according to a format specifier
4.3. FcFontSet
FcFontSetCreate -- Create a font set
FcFontSetDestroy -- Destroy a font set
FcFontSetAdd -- Add to a font set
FcFontSetList -- List fonts from a set of font sets
FcFontSetMatch -- Return the best font from a set of
font sets
FcFontSetPrint -- Print a set of patterns to stdout
FcFontSetSort -- Add to a font set
FcFontSetSortDestroy -- DEPRECATED destroy a font
set
4.4. FcObjectSet
FcObjectSetCreate -- Create an object set
FcObjectSetAdd -- Add to an object set
FcObjectSetDestroy -- Destroy an object set
FcObjectSetBuild -- Build object set from args
4.5. FreeType specific functions
FcFreeTypeCharIndex -- map Unicode to glyph id
FcFreeTypeCharSet -- compute Unicode coverage
FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing -- compute Unicode
coverage and spacing type
FcFreeTypeQuery -- compute pattern from font file
(and index)
FcFreeTypeQueryAll -- compute all patterns from font
file (and index)
FcFreeTypeQueryFace -- compute pattern from FT_Face
4.6. FcValue
FcValueDestroy -- Free a value
FcValueSave -- Copy a value
FcValuePrint -- Print a value to stdout
FcValueEqual -- Test two values for equality
4.7. FcCharSet
FcCharSetCreate -- Create an empty character set
FcCharSetDestroy -- Destroy a character set
FcCharSetAddChar -- Add a character to a charset
FcCharSetDelChar -- Add a character to a charset
FcCharSetCopy -- Copy a charset
FcCharSetEqual -- Compare two charsets
FcCharSetIntersect -- Intersect charsets
FcCharSetUnion -- Add charsets
FcCharSetSubtract -- Subtract charsets
FcCharSetMerge -- Merge charsets
FcCharSetHasChar -- Check a charset for a char
FcCharSetCount -- Count entries in a charset
FcCharSetIntersectCount -- Intersect and count
charsets
FcCharSetSubtractCount -- Subtract and count
charsets
FcCharSetIsSubset -- Test for charset inclusion
FcCharSetFirstPage -- Start enumerating charset
contents
FcCharSetNextPage -- Continue enumerating charset
contents
FcCharSetCoverage -- DEPRECATED return coverage for
a Unicode page
FcCharSetNew -- DEPRECATED alias for FcCharSetCreate
4.8. FcLangSet
FcLangSetCreate -- create a langset object
FcLangSetDestroy -- destroy a langset object
FcLangSetCopy -- copy a langset object
FcLangSetAdd -- add a language to a langset
FcLangSetDel -- delete a language from a langset
FcLangSetUnion -- Add langsets
FcLangSetSubtract -- Subtract langsets
FcLangSetCompare -- compare language sets
FcLangSetContains -- check langset subset relation
FcLangSetEqual -- test for matching langsets
FcLangSetHash -- return a hash value for a langset
FcLangSetHasLang -- test langset for language
support
FcGetDefaultLangs -- Get the default languages list
FcLangSetGetLangs -- get the list of languages in
the langset
FcGetLangs -- Get list of languages
FcLangNormalize -- Normalize the language string
FcLangGetCharSet -- Get character map for a language
4.9. FcMatrix
FcMatrixInit -- initialize an FcMatrix structure
FcMatrixCopy -- Copy a matrix
FcMatrixEqual -- Compare two matrices
FcMatrixMultiply -- Multiply matrices
FcMatrixRotate -- Rotate a matrix
FcMatrixScale -- Scale a matrix
FcMatrixShear -- Shear a matrix
4.10. FcRange
FcRangeCopy -- Copy a range object
FcRangeCreateDouble -- create a range object for
double
FcRangeCreateInteger -- create a range object for
integer
FcRangeDestroy -- destroy a range object
FcRangeGetDouble -- Get the range in double
4.11. FcConfig
FcConfigCreate -- Create a configuration
FcConfigReference -- Increment config reference
count
FcConfigDestroy -- Destroy a configuration
FcConfigSetCurrent -- Set configuration as default
FcConfigGetCurrent -- Return current configuration
FcConfigUptoDate -- Check timestamps on config files
FcConfigHome -- return the current home directory.
FcConfigEnableHome -- controls use of the home
directory.
FcConfigBuildFonts -- Build font database
FcConfigGetConfigDirs -- Get config directories
FcConfigGetFontDirs -- Get font directories
FcConfigGetConfigFiles -- Get config files
FcConfigGetCache -- DEPRECATED used to return
per-user cache filename
FcConfigGetCacheDirs -- return the list of
directories searched for cache files
FcConfigGetFonts -- Get config font set
FcConfigGetBlanks -- Get config blanks
FcConfigGetRescanInterval -- Get config rescan
interval
FcConfigSetRescanInterval -- Set config rescan
interval
FcConfigAppFontAddFile -- Add font file to font
database
FcConfigAppFontAddDir -- Add fonts from directory to
font database
FcConfigAppFontClear -- Remove all app fonts from
font database
FcConfigSubstituteWithPat -- Execute substitutions
FcConfigSubstitute -- Execute substitutions
FcFontMatch -- Return best font
FcFontSort -- Return list of matching fonts
FcFontRenderPrepare -- Prepare pattern for loading
font file
FcFontList -- List fonts
FcConfigFilename -- Find a config file
FcConfigParseAndLoad -- load a configuration file
FcConfigParseAndLoadFromMemory -- load a
configuration from memory
FcConfigGetSysRoot -- Obtain the system root
directory
FcConfigSetSysRoot -- Set the system root directory
FcConfigFileInfoIterInit -- Initialize the iterator
FcConfigFileInfoIterNext -- Set the iterator to
point to the next list
FcConfigFileInfoIterGet -- Obtain the configuration
file information
4.12. FcObjectType
FcNameRegisterObjectTypes -- Register object types
FcNameUnregisterObjectTypes -- Unregister object
types
FcNameGetObjectType -- Lookup an object type
4.13. FcConstant
FcNameRegisterConstants -- Register symbolic
constants
FcNameUnregisterConstants -- Unregister symbolic
constants
FcNameGetConstant -- Lookup symbolic constant
FcNameConstant -- Get the value for a symbolic
constant
4.14. FcWeight
FcWeightFromOpenTypeDouble -- Convert from OpenType
weight values to fontconfig ones
FcWeightToOpenTypeDouble -- Convert from fontconfig
weight values to OpenType ones
FcWeightFromOpenType -- Convert from OpenType weight
values to fontconfig ones
FcWeightToOpenType -- Convert from fontconfig weight
values to OpenType ones
4.15. FcBlanks
FcBlanksCreate -- Create an FcBlanks
FcBlanksDestroy -- Destroy and FcBlanks
FcBlanksAdd -- Add a character to an FcBlanks
FcBlanksIsMember -- Query membership in an FcBlanks
4.16. FcAtomic
FcAtomicCreate -- create an FcAtomic object
FcAtomicLock -- lock a file
FcAtomicNewFile -- return new temporary file name
FcAtomicOrigFile -- return original file name
FcAtomicReplaceOrig -- replace original with new
FcAtomicDeleteNew -- delete new file
FcAtomicUnlock -- unlock a file
FcAtomicDestroy -- destroy an FcAtomic object
4.17. File and Directory routines
FcFileScan -- scan a font file
FcFileIsDir -- check whether a file is a directory
FcDirScan -- scan a font directory without caching
it
FcDirSave -- DEPRECATED: formerly used to save a
directory cache
FcDirCacheUnlink -- Remove all caches related to dir
FcDirCacheValid -- check directory cache
FcDirCacheLoad -- load a directory cache
FcDirCacheRescan -- Re-scan a directory cache
FcDirCacheRead -- read or construct a directory
cache
FcDirCacheLoadFile -- load a cache file
FcDirCacheUnload -- unload a cache file
4.18. FcCache routines
FcCacheDir -- Return directory of cache
FcCacheCopySet -- Returns a copy of the fontset from
cache
FcCacheSubdir -- Return the i'th subdirectory.
FcCacheNumSubdir -- Return the number of
subdirectories in cache.
FcCacheNumFont -- Returns the number of fonts in
cache.
FcDirCacheClean -- Clean up a cache directory
FcCacheCreateTagFile -- Create CACHEDIR.TAG at cache
directory.
FcDirCacheCreateUUID -- Create .uuid file at a
directory
FcDirCacheDeleteUUID -- Delete .uuid file
4.19. FcStrSet and FcStrList
FcStrSetCreate -- create a string set
FcStrSetMember -- check set for membership
FcStrSetEqual -- check sets for equality
FcStrSetAdd -- add to a string set
FcStrSetAddFilename -- add a filename to a string
set
FcStrSetDel -- delete from a string set
FcStrSetDestroy -- destroy a string set
FcStrListCreate -- create a string iterator
FcStrListFirst -- get first string in iteration
FcStrListNext -- get next string in iteration
FcStrListDone -- destroy a string iterator
4.20. String utilities
FcUtf8ToUcs4 -- convert UTF-8 to UCS4
FcUcs4ToUtf8 -- convert UCS4 to UTF-8
FcUtf8Len -- count UTF-8 encoded chars
FcUtf16ToUcs4 -- convert UTF-16 to UCS4
FcUtf16Len -- count UTF-16 encoded chars
FcIsLower -- check for lower case ASCII character
FcIsUpper -- check for upper case ASCII character
FcToLower -- convert upper case ASCII to lower case
FcStrCopy -- duplicate a string
FcStrDowncase -- create a lower case translation of
a string
FcStrCopyFilename -- create a complete path from a
filename
FcStrCmp -- compare UTF-8 strings
FcStrCmpIgnoreCase -- compare UTF-8 strings ignoring
case
FcStrStr -- locate UTF-8 substring
FcStrStrIgnoreCase -- locate UTF-8 substring
ignoring ASCII case
FcStrPlus -- concatenate two strings
FcStrFree -- free a string
FcStrDirname -- directory part of filename
FcStrBasename -- last component of filename
1. DESCRIPTION
Fontconfig is a library designed to provide system-wide font
configuration, customization and application access.
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2. FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW
Fontconfig contains two essential modules, the configuration
module which builds an internal configuration from XML files
and the matching module which accepts font patterns and returns
the nearest matching font.
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2.1. FONT CONFIGURATION
The configuration module consists of the FcConfig datatype,
libexpat and FcConfigParse which walks over an XML tree and
amends a configuration with data found within. From an external
perspective, configuration of the library consists of
generating a valid XML tree and feeding that to FcConfigParse.
The only other mechanism provided to applications for changing
the running configuration is to add fonts and directories to
the list of application-provided font files.
The intent is to make font configurations relatively static,
and shared by as many applications as possible. It is hoped
that this will lead to more stable font selection when passing
names from one application to another. XML was chosen as a
configuration file format because it provides a format which is
easy for external agents to edit while retaining the correct
structure and syntax.
Font configuration is separate from font matching; applications
needing to do their own matching can access the available fonts
from the library and perform private matching. The intent is to
permit applications to pick and choose appropriate
functionality from the library instead of forcing them to
choose between this library and a private configuration
mechanism. The hope is that this will ensure that configuration
of fonts for all applications can be centralized in one place.
Centralizing font configuration will simplify and regularize
font installation and customization.
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2.2. FONT PROPERTIES
While font patterns may contain essentially any properties,
there are some well known properties with associated types.
Fontconfig uses some of these properties for font matching and
font completion. Others are provided as a convenience for the
application's rendering mechanism.
Property Definitions
Property C Preprocessor Symbol Type Description
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family FC_FAMILY String Font family names
familylang FC_FAMILYLANG String Language corresponding
to
each family name
style FC_STYLE String Font style. Overrides
weight
and slant
stylelang FC_STYLELANG String Language corresponding
to
each style name
fullname FC_FULLNAME String Font face full name wh
ere
different from family
and
family + style
fullnamelang FC_FULLNAMELANG String Language corresponding
to
each fullname
slant FC_SLANT Int Italic, oblique or rom
an
weight FC_WEIGHT Int Light, medium, demibol
d,
bold or black
size FC_SIZE Double Point size
width FC_WIDTH Int Condensed, normal or e
xpanded
aspect FC_ASPECT Double Stretches glyphs horiz
ontally
before hinting
pixelsize FC_PIXEL_SIZE Double Pixel size
spacing FC_SPACING Int Proportional, dual-wid
th,
monospace or charcell
foundry FC_FOUNDRY String Font foundry name
antialias FC_ANTIALIAS Bool Whether glyphs can be
antialiased
hinting FC_HINTING Bool Whether the rasterizer
should
use hinting
hintstyle FC_HINT_STYLE Int Automatic hinting styl
e
verticallayout FC_VERTICAL_LAYOUT Bool Use vertical layout
autohint FC_AUTOHINT Bool Use autohinter instead
of
normal hinter
globaladvance FC_GLOBAL_ADVANCE Bool Use font global advanc
e data (deprecated)
file FC_FILE String The filename holding t
he font
index FC_INDEX Int The index of the font
within
the file
ftface FC_FT_FACE FT_Face Use the specified Free
Type
face object
rasterizer FC_RASTERIZER String Which rasterizer is in
use (deprecated)
outline FC_OUTLINE Bool Whether the glyphs are
outlines
scalable FC_SCALABLE Bool Whether glyphs can be
scaled
scale FC_SCALE Double Scale factor for point
->pixel
conversions (deprecate
d)
symbol FC_SYMBOL Bool Whether font uses MS s
ymbol-font encoding
color FC_COLOR Bool Whether any glyphs hav
e color
dpi FC_DPI Double Target dots per inch
rgba FC_RGBA Int unknown, rgb, bgr, vrg
b,
vbgr, none - subpixel
geometry
lcdfilter FC_LCD_FILTER Int Type of LCD filter
minspace FC_MINSPACE Bool Eliminate leading from
line
spacing
charset FC_CHARSET CharSet Unicode chars encoded
by
the font
lang FC_LANG LangSet Set of RFC-3066-style
languages this font su
pports
fontversion FC_FONTVERSION Int Version number of the
font
capability FC_CAPABILITY String List of layout capabil
ities in
the font
fontformat FC_FONTFORMAT String String name of the fon
t format
embolden FC_EMBOLDEN Bool Rasterizer should
synthetically embolden
the font
embeddedbitmap FC_EMBEDDED_BITMAP Bool Use the embedded bitma
p instead
of the outline
decorative FC_DECORATIVE Bool Whether the style is a
decorative
variant
fontfeatures FC_FONT_FEATURES String List of extra feature
tags in
OpenType to be enabled
namelang FC_NAMELANG String Language name to be us
ed for the
default value of famil
ylang,
stylelang and fullname
lang
prgname FC_PRGNAME String Name of the running pr
ogram
hash FC_HASH String SHA256 hash value of t
he font data
with "sha256:" prefix
(deprecated)
postscriptname FC_POSTSCRIPT_NAME String Font name in PostScrip
t
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3. Datatypes
Fontconfig uses abstract data types to hide internal
implementation details for most data structures. A few
structures are exposed where appropriate.
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3.1. FcChar8, FcChar16, FcChar32, FcBool
These are primitive data types; the FcChar* types hold
precisely the number of bits stated (if supported by the C
implementation). FcBool holds one of two C preprocessor
symbols: FcFalse or FcTrue.
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3.2. FcMatrix
An FcMatrix holds an affine transformation, usually used to
reshape glyphs. A small set of matrix operations are provided
to manipulate these.
typedef struct _FcMatrix {
double xx, xy, yx, yy;
} FcMatrix;
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3.3. FcCharSet
An FcCharSet is an abstract type that holds the set of encoded
Unicode chars in a font. Operations to build and compare these
sets are provided.
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3.4. FcLangSet
An FcLangSet is an abstract type that holds the set of
languages supported by a font. Operations to build and compare
these sets are provided. These are computed for a font based on
orthographic information built into the fontconfig library.
Fontconfig has orthographies for all of the ISO 639-1 languages
except for MS, NA, PA, PS, QU, RN, RW, SD, SG, SN, SU and ZA.
If you have orthographic information for any of these
languages, please submit them.
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3.5. FcLangResult
An FcLangResult is an enumeration used to return the results of
comparing two language strings or FcLangSet objects.
FcLangEqual means the objects match language and territory.
FcLangDifferentTerritory means the objects match in language
but differ in territory. FcLangDifferentLang means the objects
differ in language.
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3.6. FcType
Tags the kind of data stored in an FcValue.
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3.7. FcValue
An FcValue object holds a single value with one of a number of
different types. The 'type' tag indicates which member is
valid.
typedef struct _FcValue {
FcType type;
union {
const FcChar8 *s;
int i;
FcBool b;
double d;
const FcMatrix *m;
const FcCharSet *c;
void *f;
const FcLangSet *l;
} u;
} FcValue;
FcValue Members
Type Union member Datatype
--------------------------------
FcTypeVoid (none) (none)
FcTypeInteger i int
FcTypeDouble d double
FcTypeString s FcChar8 *
FcTypeBool b b
FcTypeMatrix m FcMatrix *
FcTypeCharSet c FcCharSet *
FcTypeFTFace f void * (FT_Face)
FcTypeLangSet l FcLangSet *
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3.8. FcPattern
holds a set of names with associated value lists; each name
refers to a property of a font. FcPatterns are used as inputs
to the matching code as well as holding information about
specific fonts. Each property can hold one or more values;
conventionally all of the same type, although the interface
doesn't demand that.
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3.9. FcFontSet
typedef struct _FcFontSet {
int nfont;
int sfont;
FcPattern **fonts;
} FcFontSet;
An FcFontSet contains a list of FcPatterns. Internally
fontconfig uses this data structure to hold sets of fonts.
Externally, fontconfig returns the results of listing fonts in
this format. 'nfont' holds the number of patterns in the
'fonts' array; 'sfont' is used to indicate the size of that
array.
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3.10. FcStrSet, FcStrList
FcStrSet holds a list of strings that can be appended to and
enumerated. Its unique characteristic is that the enumeration
works even while strings are appended during enumeration.
FcStrList is used during enumeration to safely and correctly
walk the list of strings even while that list is edited in the
middle of enumeration.
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3.11. FcObjectSet
typedef struct _FcObjectSet {
int nobject;
int sobject;
const char **objects;
} FcObjectSet;
holds a set of names and is used to specify which fields from
fonts are placed in the the list of returned patterns when
listing fonts.
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3.12. FcObjectType
typedef struct _FcObjectType {
const char *object;
FcType type;
} FcObjectType;
marks the type of a pattern element generated when parsing font
names. Applications can add new object types so that font names
may contain the new elements.
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3.13. FcConstant
typedef struct _FcConstant {
const FcChar8 *name;
const char *object;
int value;
} FcConstant;
Provides for symbolic constants for new pattern elements. When
'name' is seen in a font name, an 'object' element is created
with value 'value'.
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3.14. FcBlanks
holds a list of Unicode chars which are expected to be blank;
unexpectedly blank chars are assumed to be invalid and are
elided from the charset associated with the font.
FcBlanks is deprecated and should not be used in newly written
code. It is still accepted by some functions for compatibility
with older code but will be removed in the future.
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3.15. FcFileCache
holds the per-user cache information for use while loading the
font database. This is built automatically for the current
configuration when that is loaded. Applications must always
pass '0' when one is requested.
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3.16. FcConfig
holds a complete configuration of the library; there is one
default configuration, other can be constructed from XML data
structures. All public entry points that need global data can
take an optional FcConfig* argument; passing 0 uses the default
configuration. FcConfig objects hold two sets of fonts, the
first contains those specified by the configuration, the second
set holds those added by the application at run-time.
Interfaces that need to reference a particular set use one of
the FcSetName enumerated values.
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3.17. FcSetName
Specifies one of the two sets of fonts available in a
configuration; FcSetSystem for those fonts specified in the
configuration and FcSetApplication which holds fonts provided
by the application.
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3.18. FcResult
Used as a return type for functions manipulating FcPattern
objects.
FcResult Values
Result Code Meaning
-----------------------------------------------------------
FcResultMatch Object exists with the specified ID
FcResultNoMatch Object doesn't exist at all
FcResultTypeMismatch Object exists, but the type doesn't matc
h
FcResultNoId Object exists, but has fewer values
than specified
FcResultOutOfMemory malloc failed
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3.19. FcAtomic
Used for locking access to configuration files. Provides a safe
way to update configuration files.
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3.20. FcCache
Holds information about the fonts contained in a single
directory. Normal applications need not worry about this as
caches for font access are automatically managed by the
library. Applications dealing with cache management may want to
use some of these objects in their work, however the included
'fc-cache' program generally suffices for all of that.
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4. FUNCTIONS
These are grouped by functionality, often using the main data
type being manipulated.
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4.1. Initialization
Table of Contents
FcInitLoadConfig -- load configuration
FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts -- load configuration and font data
FcInit -- initialize fontconfig library
FcFini -- finalize fontconfig library
FcGetVersion -- library version number
FcInitReinitialize -- re-initialize library
FcInitBringUptoDate -- reload configuration files if needed
These functions provide some control over how the library is
initialized.
FcInitLoadConfig
Name
FcInitLoadConfig -- load configuration
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcConfig * FcInitLoadConfig(void);
Description
Loads the default configuration file and returns the resulting
configuration. Does not load any font information.
FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts
Name
FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts -- load configuration and font data
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcConfig * FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts(void);
Description
Loads the default configuration file and builds information
about the available fonts. Returns the resulting configuration.
FcInit
Name
FcInit -- initialize fontconfig library
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcInit(void);
Description
Loads the default configuration file and the fonts referenced
therein and sets the default configuration to that result.
Returns whether this process succeeded or not. If the default
configuration has already been loaded, this routine does
nothing and returns FcTrue.
FcFini
Name
FcFini -- finalize fontconfig library
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcFini(void);
Description
Frees all data structures allocated by previous calls to
fontconfig functions. Fontconfig returns to an uninitialized
state, requiring a new call to one of the FcInit functions
before any other fontconfig function may be called.
FcGetVersion
Name
FcGetVersion -- library version number
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcGetVersion(void);
Description
Returns the version number of the library.
FcInitReinitialize
Name
FcInitReinitialize -- re-initialize library
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcInitReinitialize(void);
Description
Forces the default configuration file to be reloaded and resets
the default configuration. Returns FcFalse if the configuration
cannot be reloaded (due to configuration file errors,
allocation failures or other issues) and leaves the existing
configuration unchanged. Otherwise returns FcTrue.
FcInitBringUptoDate
Name
FcInitBringUptoDate -- reload configuration files if needed
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcInitBringUptoDate(void);
Description
Checks the rescan interval in the default configuration,
checking the configuration if the interval has passed and
reloading the configuration if when any changes are detected.
Returns FcFalse if the configuration cannot be reloaded (see
FcInitReinitialize). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
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4.2. FcPattern
Table of Contents
FcPatternCreate -- Create a pattern
FcPatternDuplicate -- Copy a pattern
FcPatternReference -- Increment pattern reference count
FcPatternDestroy -- Destroy a pattern
FcPatternObjectCount -- Returns the number of the object
FcPatternEqual -- Compare patterns
FcPatternEqualSubset -- Compare portions of patterns
FcPatternFilter -- Filter the objects of pattern
FcPatternHash -- Compute a pattern hash value
FcPatternAdd -- Add a value to a pattern
FcPatternAddWeak -- Add a value to a pattern with weak binding
FcPatternAdd-Type -- Add a typed value to a pattern
FcPatternGetWithBinding -- Return a value with binding from a
pattern
FcPatternGet -- Return a value from a pattern
FcPatternGet-Type -- Return a typed value from a pattern
FcPatternBuild -- Create patterns from arguments
FcPatternDel -- Delete a property from a pattern
FcPatternRemove -- Remove one object of the specified type from
the pattern
FcPatternIterStart -- Initialize the iterator with the first
iterator in the pattern
FcPatternIterNext --
FcPatternIterEqual -- Compare iterators
FcPatternFindIter -- Set the iterator to point to the object in
the pattern
FcPatternIterIsValid -- Check whether the iterator is valid or
not
FcPatternIterGetObject -- Returns an object name which the
iterator point to
FcPatternIterValueCount -- Returns the number of the values
which the iterator point to
FcPatternIterGetValue -- Returns a value which the iterator
point to
FcPatternPrint -- Print a pattern for debugging
FcDefaultSubstitute -- Perform default substitutions in a
pattern
FcNameParse -- Parse a pattern string
FcNameUnparse -- Convert a pattern back into a string that can
be parsed
FcPatternFormat -- Format a pattern into a string according to
a format specifier
An FcPattern is an opaque type that holds both patterns to
match against the available fonts, as well as the information
about each font.
FcPatternCreate
Name
FcPatternCreate -- Create a pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcPattern * FcPatternCreate(void);
Description
Creates a pattern with no properties; used to build patterns
from scratch.
FcPatternDuplicate
Name
FcPatternDuplicate -- Copy a pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcPattern * FcPatternDuplicate(const FcPattern *p);
Description
Copy a pattern, returning a new pattern that matches p. Each
pattern may be modified without affecting the other.
FcPatternReference
Name
FcPatternReference -- Increment pattern reference count
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcPatternReference(FcPattern *p);
Description
Add another reference to p. Patterns are freed only when the
reference count reaches zero.
FcPatternDestroy
Name
FcPatternDestroy -- Destroy a pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcPatternDestroy(FcPattern *p);
Description
Decrement the pattern reference count. If all references are
gone, destroys the pattern, in the process destroying all
related values.
FcPatternObjectCount
Name
FcPatternObjectCount -- Returns the number of the object
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcPatternObjectCount(const FcPattern *p);
Description
Returns the number of the object p has.
Since
version 2.13.1
FcPatternEqual
Name
FcPatternEqual -- Compare patterns
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternEqual(const FcPattern *pa, const FcPattern
*pb);
Description
Returns whether pa and pb are exactly alike.
FcPatternEqualSubset
Name
FcPatternEqualSubset -- Compare portions of patterns
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternEqualSubset(const FcPattern *pa, const
FcPattern *pb, const FcObjectSet *os);
Description
Returns whether pa and pb have exactly the same values for all
of the objects in os.
FcPatternFilter
Name
FcPatternFilter -- Filter the objects of pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcPattern * FcPatternFilter(FcPattern *p, const FcObjectSet *);
Description
Returns a new pattern that only has those objects from p that
are in os. If os is NULL, a duplicate of p is returned.
FcPatternHash
Name
FcPatternHash -- Compute a pattern hash value
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar32 FcPatternHash(const FcPattern *p);
Description
Returns a 32-bit number which is the same for any two patterns
which are equal.
FcPatternAdd
Name
FcPatternAdd -- Add a value to a pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternAdd(FcPattern *p, const char *object, FcValue
value, FcBool append);
Description
Adds a single value to the list of values associated with the
property named `object. If `append is FcTrue, the value is
added at the end of any existing list, otherwise it is inserted
at the beginning. `value' is saved (with FcValueSave) when
inserted into the pattern so that the library retains no
reference to any application-supplied data structure.
FcPatternAddWeak
Name
FcPatternAddWeak -- Add a value to a pattern with weak binding
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternAddWeak(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
FcValue value, FcBool append);
Description
FcPatternAddWeak is essentially the same as FcPatternAdd except
that any values added to the list have binding weak instead of
strong.
FcPatternAdd-Type
Name
FcPatternAddInteger, FcPatternAddDouble, FcPatternAddString,
FcPatternAddMatrix, FcPatternAddCharSet, FcPatternAddBool,
FcPatternAddFTFace, FcPatternAddLangSet,
FcPatternAddRange -- Add a typed value to a pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternAddInteger(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
int i);
FcBool FcPatternAddDouble(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
double d);
FcBool FcPatternAddString(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
const FcChar8 *s);
FcBool FcPatternAddMatrix(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
const FcMatrix *m);
FcBool FcPatternAddCharSet(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
const FcCharSet *c);
FcBool FcPatternAddBool(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
FcBool b);
FcBool FcPatternAddFTFace(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
const FT_Facef);
FcBool FcPatternAddLangSet(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
const FcLangSet *l);
FcBool FcPatternAddRange(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
const FcRange *r);
Description
These are all convenience functions that insert objects of the
specified type into the pattern. Use these in preference to
FcPatternAdd as they will provide compile-time typechecking.
These all append values to any existing list of values.
FcPatternAddRange are available since 2.11.91.
FcPatternGetWithBinding
Name
FcPatternGetWithBinding -- Return a value with binding from a
pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcResult FcPatternGetWithBinding(FcPattern *p, const char
*object, int id, FcValue *v, FcValueBinding *b);
Description
Returns in v the id'th value and b binding for that associated
with the property object. The Value returned is not a copy, but
rather refers to the data stored within the pattern directly.
Applications must not free this value.
Since
version 2.12.5
FcPatternGet
Name
FcPatternGet -- Return a value from a pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcResult FcPatternGet(FcPattern *p, const char *object, int id,
FcValue *v);
Description
Returns in v the id'th value associated with the property
object. The value returned is not a copy, but rather refers to
the data stored within the pattern directly. Applications must
not free this value.
FcPatternGet-Type
Name
FcPatternGetInteger, FcPatternGetDouble, FcPatternGetString,
FcPatternGetMatrix, FcPatternGetCharSet, FcPatternGetBool,
FcPatternGetFTFace, FcPatternGetLangSet,
FcPatternGetRange -- Return a typed value from a pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcResult FcPatternGetInteger(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
int n, int *i);
FcResult FcPatternGetDouble(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
int n, double *d);
FcResult FcPatternGetString(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
int n, FcChar8 **s);
FcResult FcPatternGetMatrix(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
int n, FcMatrix **s);
FcResult FcPatternGetCharSet(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
int n, FcCharSet **c);
FcResult FcPatternGetBool(FcPattern *p, const char *object, int
n, FcBool *b);
FcResult FcPatternGetFTFace(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
int n, FT_Face *f);
FcResult FcPatternGetLangSet(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
int n, FcLangSet **l);
FcResult FcPatternGetRange(FcPattern *p, const char *object,
int n, FcRange **r);
Description
These are convenience functions that call FcPatternGet and
verify that the returned data is of the expected type. They
return FcResultTypeMismatch if this is not the case. Note that
these (like FcPatternGet) do not make a copy of any data
structure referenced by the return value. Use these in
preference to FcPatternGet to provide compile-time
typechecking. FcPatternGetRange are available since 2.11.91.
FcPatternBuild
Name
FcPatternBuild, FcPatternVaBuild, FcPatternVapBuild -- Create
patterns from arguments
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcPattern * FcPatternBuild(FcPattern *pattern, ...);
FcPattern * FcPatternVaBuild(FcPattern *pattern, va_list va);
void FcPatternVapBuild(FcPattern *result, FcPattern *pattern,
va_list va);
Description
Builds a pattern using a list of objects, types and values.
Each value to be entered in the pattern is specified with three
arguments:
1. Object name, a string describing the property to be added.
2. Object type, one of the FcType enumerated values
3. Value, not an FcValue, but the raw type as passed to any of
the FcPatternAdd<type> functions. Must match the type of
the second argument.
The argument list is terminated by a null object name, no
object type nor value need be passed for this. The values are
added to `pattern', if `pattern' is null, a new pattern is
created. In either case, the pattern is returned. Example
pattern = FcPatternBuild (0, FC_FAMILY, FcTypeString, "Times", (char *)
0);
FcPatternVaBuild is used when the arguments are already in the
form of a varargs value. FcPatternVapBuild is a macro version
of FcPatternVaBuild which returns its result directly in the
result variable.
FcPatternDel
Name
FcPatternDel -- Delete a property from a pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternDel(FcPattern *p, const char *object);
Description
Deletes all values associated with the property `object',
returning whether the property existed or not.
FcPatternRemove
Name
FcPatternRemove -- Remove one object of the specified type from
the pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternRemove(FcPattern *p, const char *object, int
id);
Description
Removes the value associated with the property `object' at
position `id', returning whether the property existed and had a
value at that position or not.
FcPatternIterStart
Name
FcPatternIterStart -- Initialize the iterator with the first
iterator in the pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcPatternIterStart(const FcPattern *p, FcPatternIter
*iter);
Description
Initialize iter with the first iterator in p. If there are no
objects in p, iter will not have any valid data.
Since
version 2.13.1
FcPatternIterNext
Name
FcPatternIterNext --
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternIterNext(const FcPattern *p, FcPatternIter
*iter);
Description
Set iter to point to the next object in p and returns FcTrue if
iter has been changed to the next object. returns FcFalse
otherwise.
Since
version 2.13.1
FcPatternIterEqual
Name
FcPatternIterEqual -- Compare iterators
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternIterEqual(const FcPattern *p1, FcPatternIter
*i1, const FcPattern *p2, FcPatternIter *i2);
Description
Return FcTrue if both i1 and i2 point to same object and
contains same values. return FcFalse otherwise.
Since
version 2.13.1
FcPatternFindIter
Name
FcPatternFindIter -- Set the iterator to point to the object in
the pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternFindIter(const FcPattern *p, FcPatternIter
*iter, const char *object);
Description
Set iter to point to object in p if any and returns FcTrue.
returns FcFalse otherwise.
Since
version 2.13.1
FcPatternIterIsValid
Name
FcPatternIterIsValid -- Check whether the iterator is valid or
not
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcPatternIterIsValid(const FcPattern *p, FcPatternIter
:iter);
Description
Returns FcTrue if iter point to the valid entry in p. returns
FcFalse otherwise.
Since
version 2.13.1
FcPatternIterGetObject
Name
FcPatternIterGetObject -- Returns an object name which the
iterator point to
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
const char * FcPatternIterGetObject(const FcPattern *p,
FcPatternIter *iter);
Description
Returns an object name in p which iter point to. returns NULL
if iter isn't valid.
Since
version 2.13.1
FcPatternIterValueCount
Name
FcPatternIterValueCount -- Returns the number of the values
which the iterator point to
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcPatternIterValueCount(const FcPattern *p, FcPatternIter
*iter);
Description
Returns the number of the values in the object which iter point
to. if iter isn't valid, returns 0.
Since
version 2.13.1
FcPatternIterGetValue
Name
FcPatternIterGetValue -- Returns a value which the iterator
point to
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcResult FcPatternIterGetValue(const FcPattern *p,
FcPatternIter *iter, intid, FcValue *v, FcValueBinding *b);
Description
Returns in v the id'th value which iter point to. also binding
to b if given. The value returned is not a copy, but rather
refers to the data stored within the pattern directly.
Applications must not free this value.
Since
version 2.13.1
FcPatternPrint
Name
FcPatternPrint -- Print a pattern for debugging
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcPatternPrint(const FcPattern *p);
Description
Prints an easily readable version of the pattern to stdout.
There is no provision for reparsing data in this format, it's
just for diagnostics and debugging.
FcDefaultSubstitute
Name
FcDefaultSubstitute -- Perform default substitutions in a
pattern
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcDefaultSubstitute(FcPattern *pattern);
Description
Supplies default values for underspecified font patterns:
* Patterns without a specified style or weight are set to
Medium
* Patterns without a specified style or slant are set to
Roman
* Patterns without a specified pixel size are given one
computed from any specified point size (default 12), dpi
(default 75) and scale (default 1).
FcNameParse
Name
FcNameParse -- Parse a pattern string
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcPattern * FcNameParse(const FcChar8 *name);
Description
Converts name from the standard text format described above
into a pattern.
FcNameUnparse
Name
FcNameUnparse -- Convert a pattern back into a string that can
be parsed
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcNameUnparse(FcPattern *pat);
Description
Converts the given pattern into the standard text format
described above. The return value is not static, but instead
refers to newly allocated memory which should be freed by the
caller using free().
FcPatternFormat
Name
FcPatternFormat -- Format a pattern into a string according to
a format specifier
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcPatternFormat(FcPattern *pat, const FcChar8
*format);
Description
Converts given pattern pat into text described by the format
specifier format. The return value refers to newly allocated
memory which should be freed by the caller using free(), or
NULL if format is invalid.
The format is loosely modeled after printf-style format string.
The format string is composed of zero or more directives:
ordinary characters (not "%"), which are copied unchanged to
the output stream; and tags which are interpreted to construct
text from the pattern in a variety of ways (explained below).
Special characters can be escaped using backslash. C-string
style special characters like \n and \r are also supported
(this is useful when the format string is not a C string
literal). It is advisable to always escape curly braces that
are meant to be copied to the output as ordinary characters.
Each tag is introduced by the character "%", followed by an
optional minimum field width, followed by tag contents in curly
braces ({}). If the minimum field width value is provided the
tag will be expanded and the result padded to achieve the
minimum width. If the minimum field width is positive, the
padding will right-align the text. Negative field width will
left-align. The rest of this section describes various
supported tag contents and their expansion.
A simple tag is one where the content is an identifier. When
simple tags are expanded, the named identifier will be looked
up in pattern and the resulting list of values returned, joined
together using comma. For example, to print the family name and
style of the pattern, use the format "%{family} %{style}\n". To
extend the family column to forty characters use
"%-40{family}%{style}\n".
Simple tags expand to list of all values for an element. To
only choose one of the values, one can index using the syntax
"%{elt[idx]}". For example, to get the first family name only,
use "%{family[0]}".
If a simple tag ends with "=" and the element is found in the
pattern, the name of the element followed by "=" will be output
before the list of values. For example, "%{weight=}" may expand
to the string "weight=80". Or to the empty string if pattern
does not have weight set.
If a simple tag starts with ":" and the element is found in the
pattern, ":" will be printed first. For example, combining this
with the =, the format "%{:weight=}" may expand to ":weight=80"
or to the empty string if pattern does not have weight set.
If a simple tag contains the string ":-", the rest of the the
tag contents will be used as a default string. The default
string is output if the element is not found in the pattern.
For example, the format "%{:weight=:-123}" may expand to
":weight=80" or to the string ":weight=123" if pattern does not
have weight set.
A count tag is one that starts with the character "#" followed
by an element name, and expands to the number of values for the
element in the pattern. For example, "%{#family}" expands to
the number of family names pattern has set, which may be zero.
A sub-expression tag is one that expands a sub-expression. The
tag contents are the sub-expression to expand placed inside
another set of curly braces. Sub-expression tags are useful for
aligning an entire sub-expression, or to apply converters
(explained later) to the entire sub-expression output. For
example, the format "%40{{%{family} %{style}}}" expands the
sub-expression to construct the family name followed by the
style, then takes the entire string and pads it on the left to
be at least forty characters.
A filter-out tag is one starting with the character "-"
followed by a comma-separated list of element names, followed
by a sub-expression enclosed in curly braces. The
sub-expression will be expanded but with a pattern that has the
listed elements removed from it. For example, the format
"%{-size,pixelsize{sub-expr}}" will expand "sub-expr" with
pattern sans the size and pixelsize elements.
A filter-in tag is one starting with the character "+" followed
by a comma-separated list of element names, followed by a
sub-expression enclosed in curly braces. The sub-expression
will be expanded but with a pattern that only has the listed
elements from the surrounding pattern. For example, the format
"%{+family,familylang{sub-expr}}" will expand "sub-expr" with a
sub-pattern consisting only the family and family lang elements
of pattern.
A conditional tag is one starting with the character "?"
followed by a comma-separated list of element conditions,
followed by two sub-expression enclosed in curly braces. An
element condition can be an element name, in which case it
tests whether the element is defined in pattern, or the
character "!" followed by an element name, in which case the
test is negated. The conditional passes if all the element
conditions pass. The tag expands the first sub-expression if
the conditional passes, and expands the second sub-expression
otherwise. For example, the format
"%{?size,dpi,!pixelsize{pass}{fail}}" will expand to "pass" if
pattern has size and dpi elements but no pixelsize element, and
to "fail" otherwise.
An enumerate tag is one starting with the string "[]" followed
by a comma-separated list of element names, followed by a
sub-expression enclosed in curly braces. The list of values for
the named elements are walked in parallel and the
sub-expression expanded each time with a pattern just having a
single value for those elements, starting from the first value
and continuing as long as any of those elements has a value.
For example, the format "%{[]family,familylang{%{family}
(%{familylang})\n}}" will expand the pattern "%{family}
(%{familylang})\n" with a pattern having only the first value
of the family and familylang elements, then expands it with the
second values, then the third, etc.
As a special case, if an enumerate tag has only one element,
and that element has only one value in the pattern, and that
value is of type FcLangSet, the individual languages in the
language set are enumerated.
A builtin tag is one starting with the character "=" followed
by a builtin name. The following builtins are defined:
unparse
Expands to the result of calling FcNameUnparse() on the
pattern.
fcmatch
Expands to the output of the default output format of
the fc-match command on the pattern, without the final
newline.
fclist
Expands to the output of the default output format of
the fc-list command on the pattern, without the final
newline.
fccat
Expands to the output of the default output format of
the fc-cat command on the pattern, without the final
newline.
pkgkit
Expands to the list of PackageKit font() tags for the
pattern. Currently this includes tags for each family
name, and each language from the pattern, enumerated and
sanitized into a set of tags terminated by newline.
Package management systems can use these tags to tag
their packages accordingly.
For example, the format "%{+family,style{%{=unparse}}}\n" will
expand to an unparsed name containing only the family and style
element values from pattern.
The contents of any tag can be followed by a set of zero or
more converters. A converter is specified by the character "|"
followed by the converter name and arguments. The following
converters are defined:
basename
Replaces text with the results of calling
FcStrBasename() on it.
dirname
Replaces text with the results of calling FcStrDirname()
on it.
downcase
Replaces text with the results of calling
FcStrDowncase() on it.
shescape
Escapes text for one level of shell expansion. (Escapes
single-quotes, also encloses text in single-quotes.)
cescape
Escapes text such that it can be used as part of a C
string literal. (Escapes backslash and double-quotes.)
xmlescape
Escapes text such that it can be used in XML and HTML.
(Escapes less-than, greater-than, and ampersand.)
delete(chars)
Deletes all occurrences of each of the characters in
chars from the text. FIXME: This converter is not UTF-8
aware yet.
escape(chars)
Escapes all occurrences of each of the characters in
chars by prepending it by the first character in chars.
FIXME: This converter is not UTF-8 aware yet.
translate(from,to)
Translates all occurrences of each of the characters in
from by replacing them with their corresponding
character in to. If to has fewer characters than from,
it will be extended by repeating its last character.
FIXME: This converter is not UTF-8 aware yet.
For example, the format "%{family|downcase|delete( )}\n" will
expand to the values of the family element in pattern,
lower-cased and with spaces removed.
Since
version 2.9.0
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4.3. FcFontSet
Table of Contents
FcFontSetCreate -- Create a font set
FcFontSetDestroy -- Destroy a font set
FcFontSetAdd -- Add to a font set
FcFontSetList -- List fonts from a set of font sets
FcFontSetMatch -- Return the best font from a set of font sets
FcFontSetPrint -- Print a set of patterns to stdout
FcFontSetSort -- Add to a font set
FcFontSetSortDestroy -- DEPRECATED destroy a font set
An FcFontSet simply holds a list of patterns; these are used to
return the results of listing available fonts.
FcFontSetCreate
Name
FcFontSetCreate -- Create a font set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcFontSet * FcFontSetCreate(void);
Description
Creates an empty font set.
FcFontSetDestroy
Name
FcFontSetDestroy -- Destroy a font set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcFontSetDestroy(FcFontSet *s);
Description
Destroys a font set. Note that this destroys any referenced
patterns as well.
FcFontSetAdd
Name
FcFontSetAdd -- Add to a font set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcFontSetAdd(FcFontSet *s, FcPattern *font);
Description
Adds a pattern to a font set. Note that the pattern is not
copied before being inserted into the set. Returns FcFalse if
the pattern cannot be inserted into the set (due to allocation
failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
FcFontSetList
Name
FcFontSetList -- List fonts from a set of font sets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcFontSet * FcFontSetList(FcConfig *config, FcFontSet **sets,
intnsets, FcPattern *pattern, FcObjectSet *object_set);
Description
Selects fonts matching pattern from sets, creates patterns from
those fonts containing only the objects in object_set and
returns the set of unique such patterns. If config is NULL, the
default configuration is checked to be up to date, and used.
FcFontSetMatch
Name
FcFontSetMatch -- Return the best font from a set of font sets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcPattern * FcFontSetMatch(FcConfig *config, FcFontSet **sets,
intnsets, FcPattern *pattern, FcResult *result);
Description
Finds the font in sets most closely matching pattern and
returns the result of FcFontRenderPrepare for that font and the
provided pattern. This function should be called only after
FcConfigSubstitute and FcDefaultSubstitute have been called for
pattern; otherwise the results will not be correct. If config
is NULL, the current configuration is used. Returns NULL if an
error occurs during this process.
FcFontSetPrint
Name
FcFontSetPrint -- Print a set of patterns to stdout
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcFontSetPrint(FcFontSet *set);
Description
This function is useful for diagnosing font related issues,
printing the complete contents of every pattern in set. The
format of the output is designed to be of help to users and
developers, and may change at any time.
FcFontSetSort
Name
FcFontSetSort -- Add to a font set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcFontSetSort(FcConfig *config, FcFontSet **sets, intnsets,
FcPattern *pattern, FcBool trim, FcCharSet **csp, FcResult
*result);
Description
Returns the list of fonts from sets sorted by closeness to
pattern. If trim is FcTrue, elements in the list which don't
include Unicode coverage not provided by earlier elements in
the list are elided. The union of Unicode coverage of all of
the fonts is returned in csp, if csp is not NULL. This function
should be called only after FcConfigSubstitute and
FcDefaultSubstitute have been called for p; otherwise the
results will not be correct.
The returned FcFontSet references FcPattern structures which
may be shared by the return value from multiple FcFontSort
calls, applications cannot modify these patterns. Instead, they
should be passed, along with pattern to FcFontRenderPrepare
which combines them into a complete pattern.
The FcFontSet returned by FcFontSetSort is destroyed by calling
FcFontSetDestroy.
FcFontSetSortDestroy
Name
FcFontSetSortDestroy -- DEPRECATED destroy a font set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcFontSetSortDestroy(FcFontSet *set);
Description
This function is DEPRECATED. FcFontSetSortDestroy destroys set
by calling FcFontSetDestroy. Applications should use
FcFontSetDestroy directly instead.
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4.4. FcObjectSet
Table of Contents
FcObjectSetCreate -- Create an object set
FcObjectSetAdd -- Add to an object set
FcObjectSetDestroy -- Destroy an object set
FcObjectSetBuild -- Build object set from args
An FcObjectSet holds a list of pattern property names; it is
used to indicate which properties are to be returned in the
patterns from FcFontList.
FcObjectSetCreate
Name
FcObjectSetCreate -- Create an object set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcObjectSet * FcObjectSetCreate(void);
Description
Creates an empty set.
FcObjectSetAdd
Name
FcObjectSetAdd -- Add to an object set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcObjectSetAdd(FcObjectSet *os, const char *object);
Description
Adds a property name to the set. Returns FcFalse if the
property name cannot be inserted into the set (due to
allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue.
FcObjectSetDestroy
Name
FcObjectSetDestroy -- Destroy an object set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcObjectSetDestroy(FcObjectSet *os);
Description
Destroys an object set.
FcObjectSetBuild
Name
FcObjectSetBuild, FcObjectSetVaBuild,
FcObjectSetVapBuild -- Build object set from args
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcObjectSet * FcObjectSetBuild(const char *first, ...);
FcObjectSet * FcObjectSetVaBuild(const char *first, va_list
va);
void FcObjectSetVapBuild(FcObjectSet *result, const char
*first, va_list va);
Description
These build an object set from a null-terminated list of
property names. FcObjectSetVapBuild is a macro version of
FcObjectSetVaBuild which returns the result in the result
variable directly.
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4.5. FreeType specific functions
Table of Contents
FcFreeTypeCharIndex -- map Unicode to glyph id
FcFreeTypeCharSet -- compute Unicode coverage
FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing -- compute Unicode coverage and
spacing type
FcFreeTypeQuery -- compute pattern from font file (and index)
FcFreeTypeQueryAll -- compute all patterns from font file (and
index)
FcFreeTypeQueryFace -- compute pattern from FT_Face
While the fontconfig library doesn't insist that FreeType be
used as the rasterization mechanism for fonts, it does provide
some convenience functions.
FcFreeTypeCharIndex
Name
FcFreeTypeCharIndex -- map Unicode to glyph id
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig.h>
#include <fcfreetype.h>
FT_UInt FcFreeTypeCharIndex(FT_Face face, FcChar32 ucs4);
Description
Maps a Unicode char to a glyph index. This function uses
information from several possible underlying encoding tables to
work around broken fonts. As a result, this function isn't
designed to be used in performance sensitive areas; results
from this function are intended to be cached by higher level
functions.
FcFreeTypeCharSet
Name
FcFreeTypeCharSet -- compute Unicode coverage
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig.h>
#include <fcfreetype.h>
FcCharSet * FcFreeTypeCharSet(FT_Face face, FcBlanks *blanks);
Description
Scans a FreeType face and returns the set of encoded Unicode
chars. FcBlanks is deprecated, blanks is ignored and accepted
only for compatibility with older code.
FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing
Name
FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing -- compute Unicode coverage and
spacing type
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig.h>
#include <fcfreetype.h>
FcCharSet * FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing(FT_Face face, FcBlanks
*blanks, int *spacing);
Description
Scans a FreeType face and returns the set of encoded Unicode
chars. FcBlanks is deprecated, blanks is ignored and accepted
only for compatibility with older code. spacing receives the
computed spacing type of the font, one of FC_MONO for a font
where all glyphs have the same width, FC_DUAL, where the font
has glyphs in precisely two widths, one twice as wide as the
other, or FC_PROPORTIONAL where the font has glyphs of many
widths.
FcFreeTypeQuery
Name
FcFreeTypeQuery -- compute pattern from font file (and index)
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig.h>
#include <fcfreetype.h>
FcPattern * FcFreeTypeQuery(const FcChar8 *file, int id,
FcBlanks *blanks, int *count);
Description
Constructs a pattern representing the 'id'th face in 'file'.
The number of faces in 'file' is returned in 'count'. FcBlanks
is deprecated, blanks is ignored and accepted only for
compatibility with older code.
FcFreeTypeQueryAll
Name
FcFreeTypeQueryAll -- compute all patterns from font file (and
index)
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig.h>
#include <fcfreetype.h>
unsigned int FcFreeTypeQueryAll(const FcChar8 *file, int id,
FcBlanks *blanks, int *count, FcFontSet *set);
Description
Constructs patterns found in 'file'. If id is -1, then all
patterns found in 'file' are added to 'set'. Otherwise, this
function works exactly like FcFreeTypeQuery(). The number of
faces in 'file' is returned in 'count'. The number of patterns
added to 'set' is returned. FcBlanks is deprecated, blanks is
ignored and accepted only for compatibility with older code.
Since
version 2.12.91
FcFreeTypeQueryFace
Name
FcFreeTypeQueryFace -- compute pattern from FT_Face
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig.h>
#include <fcfreetype.h>
FcPattern * FcFreeTypeQueryFace(const FT_Face face, const
FcChar8 *file, int id, FcBlanks *blanks);
Description
Constructs a pattern representing 'face'. 'file' and 'id' are
used solely as data for pattern elements (FC_FILE, FC_INDEX and
sometimes FC_FAMILY). FcBlanks is deprecated, blanks is ignored
and accepted only for compatibility with older code.
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4.6. FcValue
Table of Contents
FcValueDestroy -- Free a value
FcValueSave -- Copy a value
FcValuePrint -- Print a value to stdout
FcValueEqual -- Test two values for equality
FcValue is a structure containing a type tag and a union of all
possible datatypes. The tag is an enum of type FcType and is
intended to provide a measure of run-time typechecking,
although that depends on careful programming.
FcValueDestroy
Name
FcValueDestroy -- Free a value
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcValueDestroy(FcValue v);
Description
Frees any memory referenced by v. Values of type FcTypeString,
FcTypeMatrix and FcTypeCharSet reference memory, the other
types do not.
FcValueSave
Name
FcValueSave -- Copy a value
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcValue FcValueSave(FcValue v);
Description
Returns a copy of v duplicating any object referenced by it so
that v may be safely destroyed without harming the new value.
FcValuePrint
Name
FcValuePrint -- Print a value to stdout
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcValuePrint(FcValue v);
Description
Prints a human-readable representation of v to stdout. The
format should not be considered part of the library
specification as it may change in the future.
FcValueEqual
Name
FcValueEqual -- Test two values for equality
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcValueEqual(FcValue v_a, FcValue v_b);
Description
Compares two values. Integers and Doubles are compared as
numbers; otherwise the two values have to be the same type to
be considered equal. Strings are compared ignoring case.
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4.7. FcCharSet
Table of Contents
FcCharSetCreate -- Create an empty character set
FcCharSetDestroy -- Destroy a character set
FcCharSetAddChar -- Add a character to a charset
FcCharSetDelChar -- Add a character to a charset
FcCharSetCopy -- Copy a charset
FcCharSetEqual -- Compare two charsets
FcCharSetIntersect -- Intersect charsets
FcCharSetUnion -- Add charsets
FcCharSetSubtract -- Subtract charsets
FcCharSetMerge -- Merge charsets
FcCharSetHasChar -- Check a charset for a char
FcCharSetCount -- Count entries in a charset
FcCharSetIntersectCount -- Intersect and count charsets
FcCharSetSubtractCount -- Subtract and count charsets
FcCharSetIsSubset -- Test for charset inclusion
FcCharSetFirstPage -- Start enumerating charset contents
FcCharSetNextPage -- Continue enumerating charset contents
FcCharSetCoverage -- DEPRECATED return coverage for a Unicode
page
FcCharSetNew -- DEPRECATED alias for FcCharSetCreate
An FcCharSet is a boolean array indicating a set of Unicode
chars. Those associated with a font are marked constant and
cannot be edited. FcCharSets may be reference counted
internally to reduce memory consumption; this may be visible to
applications as the result of FcCharSetCopy may return it's
argument, and that CharSet may remain unmodifiable.
FcCharSetCreate
Name
FcCharSetCreate -- Create an empty character set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcCharSet * FcCharSetCreate(void);
Description
FcCharSetCreate allocates and initializes a new empty character
set object.
FcCharSetDestroy
Name
FcCharSetDestroy -- Destroy a character set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcCharSetDestroy(FcCharSet *fcs);
Description
FcCharSetDestroy decrements the reference count fcs. If the
reference count becomes zero, all memory referenced is freed.
FcCharSetAddChar
Name
FcCharSetAddChar -- Add a character to a charset
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcCharSetAddChar(FcCharSet *fcs, FcChar32 ucs4);
Description
FcCharSetAddChar adds a single Unicode char to the set,
returning FcFalse on failure, either as a result of a constant
set or from running out of memory.
FcCharSetDelChar
Name
FcCharSetDelChar -- Add a character to a charset
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcCharSetDelChar(FcCharSet *fcs, FcChar32 ucs4);
Description
FcCharSetDelChar deletes a single Unicode char from the set,
returning FcFalse on failure, either as a result of a constant
set or from running out of memory.
Since
version 2.9.0
FcCharSetCopy
Name
FcCharSetCopy -- Copy a charset
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcCharSet * FcCharSetCopy(FcCharSet *src);
Description
Makes a copy of src; note that this may not actually do
anything more than increment the reference count on src.
FcCharSetEqual
Name
FcCharSetEqual -- Compare two charsets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcCharSetEqual(const FcCharSet *a, const FcCharSet *b);
Description
Returns whether a and b contain the same set of Unicode chars.
FcCharSetIntersect
Name
FcCharSetIntersect -- Intersect charsets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcCharSet * FcCharSetIntersect(const FcCharSet *a, const
FcCharSet *b);
Description
Returns a set including only those chars found in both a and b.
FcCharSetUnion
Name
FcCharSetUnion -- Add charsets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcCharSet * FcCharSetUnion(const FcCharSet *a, const FcCharSet
*b);
Description
Returns a set including only those chars found in either a or
b.
FcCharSetSubtract
Name
FcCharSetSubtract -- Subtract charsets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcCharSet * FcCharSetSubtract(const FcCharSet *a, const
FcCharSet *b);
Description
Returns a set including only those chars found in a but not b.
FcCharSetMerge
Name
FcCharSetMerge -- Merge charsets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcCharSetMerge(FcCharSet *a, const FcCharSet *b, FcBool
*changed);
Description
Adds all chars in b to a. In other words, this is an in-place
version of FcCharSetUnion. If changed is not NULL, then it
returns whether any new chars from b were added to a. Returns
FcFalse on failure, either when a is a constant set or from
running out of memory.
FcCharSetHasChar
Name
FcCharSetHasChar -- Check a charset for a char
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcCharSetHasChar(const FcCharSet *fcs, FcChar32 ucs4);
Description
Returns whether fcs contains the char ucs4.
FcCharSetCount
Name
FcCharSetCount -- Count entries in a charset
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar32 FcCharSetCount(const FcCharSet *a);
Description
Returns the total number of Unicode chars in a.
FcCharSetIntersectCount
Name
FcCharSetIntersectCount -- Intersect and count charsets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar32 FcCharSetIntersectCount(const FcCharSet *a, const
FcCharSet *b);
Description
Returns the number of chars that are in both a and b.
FcCharSetSubtractCount
Name
FcCharSetSubtractCount -- Subtract and count charsets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar32 FcCharSetSubtractCount(const FcCharSet *a, const
FcCharSet *b);
Description
Returns the number of chars that are in a but not in b.
FcCharSetIsSubset
Name
FcCharSetIsSubset -- Test for charset inclusion
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcCharSetIsSubset(const FcCharSet *a, const FcCharSet
*b);
Description
Returns whether a is a subset of b.
FcCharSetFirstPage
Name
FcCharSetFirstPage -- Start enumerating charset contents
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar32 FcCharSetFirstPage(const FcCharSet *a,
FcChar32[FC_CHARSET_MAP_SIZE] map, FcChar32 *next);
Description
Builds an array of bits in map marking the first page of
Unicode coverage of a. *next is set to contains the base code
point for the next page in a. Returns the base code point for
the page, or FC_CHARSET_DONE if a contains no pages. As an
example, if FcCharSetFirstPage returns 0x300 and fills map with
0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0x01000008 0x44300002 0xffffd7f0 0xfffffffb 0xffff
7fff 0xffff0003
Then the page contains code points 0x300 through 0x33f (the
first 64 code points on the page) because map[0] and map[1]
both have all their bits set. It also contains code points
0x343 (0x300 + 32*2 + (4-1)) and 0x35e (0x300 + 32*2 + (31-1))
because map[2] has the 4th and 31st bits set. The code points
represented by map[3] and later are left as an excercise for
the reader ;).
FcCharSetNextPage
Name
FcCharSetNextPage -- Continue enumerating charset contents
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar32 FcCharSetNextPage(const FcCharSet *a,
FcChar32[FC_CHARSET_MAP_SIZE] map, FcChar32 *next);
Description
Builds an array of bits in map marking the Unicode coverage of
a for page containing *next (see the FcCharSetFirstPage
description for details). *next is set to contains the base
code point for the next page in a. Returns the base of code
point for the page, or FC_CHARSET_DONE if a does not contain
*next.
FcCharSetCoverage
Name
FcCharSetCoverage -- DEPRECATED return coverage for a Unicode
page
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar32 FcCharSetCoverage(const FcCharSet *a, FcChar32page,
FcChar32[8]result);
Description
DEPRECATED This function returns a bitmask in result which
indicates which code points in page are included in a.
FcCharSetCoverage returns the next page in the charset which
has any coverage.
FcCharSetNew
Name
FcCharSetNew -- DEPRECATED alias for FcCharSetCreate
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcCharSet * FcCharSetNew(void);
Description
FcCharSetNew is a DEPRECATED alias for FcCharSetCreate.
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4.8. FcLangSet
Table of Contents
FcLangSetCreate -- create a langset object
FcLangSetDestroy -- destroy a langset object
FcLangSetCopy -- copy a langset object
FcLangSetAdd -- add a language to a langset
FcLangSetDel -- delete a language from a langset
FcLangSetUnion -- Add langsets
FcLangSetSubtract -- Subtract langsets
FcLangSetCompare -- compare language sets
FcLangSetContains -- check langset subset relation
FcLangSetEqual -- test for matching langsets
FcLangSetHash -- return a hash value for a langset
FcLangSetHasLang -- test langset for language support
FcGetDefaultLangs -- Get the default languages list
FcLangSetGetLangs -- get the list of languages in the langset
FcGetLangs -- Get list of languages
FcLangNormalize -- Normalize the language string
FcLangGetCharSet -- Get character map for a language
An FcLangSet is a set of language names (each of which include
language and an optional territory). They are used when
selecting fonts to indicate which languages the fonts need to
support. Each font is marked, using language orthography
information built into fontconfig, with the set of supported
languages.
FcLangSetCreate
Name
FcLangSetCreate -- create a langset object
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcLangSet * FcLangSetCreate(void);
Description
FcLangSetCreate creates a new FcLangSet object.
FcLangSetDestroy
Name
FcLangSetDestroy -- destroy a langset object
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcLangSetDestroy(FcLangSet *ls);
Description
FcLangSetDestroy destroys a FcLangSet object, freeing all
memory associated with it.
FcLangSetCopy
Name
FcLangSetCopy -- copy a langset object
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcLangSet * FcLangSetCopy(const FcLangSet *ls);
Description
FcLangSetCopy creates a new FcLangSet object and populates it
with the contents of ls.
FcLangSetAdd
Name
FcLangSetAdd -- add a language to a langset
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcLangSetAdd(FcLangSet *ls, const FcChar8 *lang);
Description
lang is added to ls. lang should be of the form Ll-Tt where Ll
is a two or three letter language from ISO 639 and Tt is a
territory from ISO 3166.
FcLangSetDel
Name
FcLangSetDel -- delete a language from a langset
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcLangSetDel(FcLangSet *ls, const FcChar8 *lang);
Description
lang is removed from ls. lang should be of the form Ll-Tt where
Ll is a two or three letter language from ISO 639 and Tt is a
territory from ISO 3166.
Since
version 2.9.0
FcLangSetUnion
Name
FcLangSetUnion -- Add langsets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcLangSet * FcLangSetUnion(const FcLangSet *ls_a, const
FcLangSet *ls_b);
Description
Returns a set including only those languages found in either
ls_a or ls_b.
Since
version 2.9.0
FcLangSetSubtract
Name
FcLangSetSubtract -- Subtract langsets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcLangSet * FcLangSetSubtract(const FcLangSet *ls_a, const
FcLangSet *ls_b);
Description
Returns a set including only those languages found in ls_a but
not in ls_b.
Since
version 2.9.0
FcLangSetCompare
Name
FcLangSetCompare -- compare language sets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcLangResult FcLangSetCompare(const FcLangSet *ls_a, const
FcLangSet *ls_b);
Description
FcLangSetCompare compares language coverage for ls_a and ls_b.
If they share any language and territory pair, this function
returns FcLangEqual. If they share a language but differ in
which territory that language is for, this function returns
FcLangDifferentTerritory. If they share no languages in common,
this function returns FcLangDifferentLang.
FcLangSetContains
Name
FcLangSetContains -- check langset subset relation
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcLangSetContains(const FcLangSet *ls_a, const FcLangSet
*ls_b);
Description
FcLangSetContains returns FcTrue if ls_a contains every
language in ls_b. ls_a will 'contain' a language from ls_b if
ls_a has exactly the language, or either the language or ls_a
has no territory.
FcLangSetEqual
Name
FcLangSetEqual -- test for matching langsets
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcLangSetEqual(const FcLangSet *ls_a, const FcLangSet
*ls_b);
Description
Returns FcTrue if and only if ls_a supports precisely the same
language and territory combinations as ls_b.
FcLangSetHash
Name
FcLangSetHash -- return a hash value for a langset
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar32 FcLangSetHash(const FcLangSet *ls);
Description
This function returns a value which depends solely on the
languages supported by ls. Any language which equals ls will
have the same result from FcLangSetHash. However, two langsets
with the same hash value may not be equal.
FcLangSetHasLang
Name
FcLangSetHasLang -- test langset for language support
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcLangResult FcLangSetHasLang(const FcLangSet *ls, const
FcChar8 *lang);
Description
FcLangSetHasLang checks whether ls supports lang. If ls has a
matching language and territory pair, this function returns
FcLangEqual. If ls has a matching language but differs in which
territory that language is for, this function returns
FcLangDifferentTerritory. If ls has no matching language, this
function returns FcLangDifferentLang.
FcGetDefaultLangs
Name
FcGetDefaultLangs -- Get the default languages list
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcStrSet * FcGetDefaultLangs(void);
Description
Returns a string set of the default languages according to the
environment variables on the system. This function looks for
them in order of FC_LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG then. If
there are no valid values in those environment variables, "en"
will be set as fallback.
Since
version 2.9.91
FcLangSetGetLangs
Name
FcLangSetGetLangs -- get the list of languages in the langset
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcStrSet * FcLangSetGetLangs(const FcLangSet *ls);
Description
Returns a string set of all languages in langset.
FcGetLangs
Name
FcGetLangs -- Get list of languages
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcStrSet * FcGetLangs(void);
Description
Returns a string set of all known languages.
FcLangNormalize
Name
FcLangNormalize -- Normalize the language string
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcLangNormalize(const FcChar8 *lang);
Description
Returns a string to make lang suitable on fontconfig.
Since
version 2.10.91
FcLangGetCharSet
Name
FcLangGetCharSet -- Get character map for a language
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
const FcCharSet * FcLangGetCharSet(const FcChar8 *lang);
Description
Returns the FcCharMap for a language.
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4.9. FcMatrix
Table of Contents
FcMatrixInit -- initialize an FcMatrix structure
FcMatrixCopy -- Copy a matrix
FcMatrixEqual -- Compare two matrices
FcMatrixMultiply -- Multiply matrices
FcMatrixRotate -- Rotate a matrix
FcMatrixScale -- Scale a matrix
FcMatrixShear -- Shear a matrix
FcMatrix structures hold an affine transformation in matrix
form.
FcMatrixInit
Name
FcMatrixInit -- initialize an FcMatrix structure
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcMatrixInit(FcMatrix *matrix);
Description
FcMatrixInit initializes matrix to the identity matrix.
FcMatrixCopy
Name
FcMatrixCopy -- Copy a matrix
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcMatrixCopy(const FcMatrix *matrix);
Description
FcMatrixCopy allocates a new FcMatrix and copies mat into it.
FcMatrixEqual
Name
FcMatrixEqual -- Compare two matrices
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcMatrixEqual(const FcMatrix *matrix1, const FcMatrix
*matrix2);
Description
FcMatrixEqual compares matrix1 and matrix2 returning FcTrue
when they are equal and FcFalse when they are not.
FcMatrixMultiply
Name
FcMatrixMultiply -- Multiply matrices
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcMatrixMultiply(FcMatrix *result, const FcMatrix
*matrix1, const FcMatrix *matrix2);
Description
FcMatrixMultiply multiplies matrix1 and matrix2 storing the
result in result.
FcMatrixRotate
Name
FcMatrixRotate -- Rotate a matrix
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcMatrixRotate(FcMatrix *matrix, double cos, double sin);
Description
FcMatrixRotate rotates matrix by the angle who's sine is sin
and cosine is cos. This is done by multiplying by the matrix:
cos -sin
sin cos
FcMatrixScale
Name
FcMatrixScale -- Scale a matrix
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcMatrixScale(FcMatrix *matrix, double sx, double dy);
Description
FcMatrixScale multiplies matrix x values by sx and y values by
dy. This is done by multiplying by the matrix:
sx 0
0 dy
FcMatrixShear
Name
FcMatrixShear -- Shear a matrix
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcMatrixShear(FcMatrix *matrix, double sh, double sv);
Description
FcMatrixShare shears matrix horizontally by sh and vertically
by sv. This is done by multiplying by the matrix:
1 sh
sv 1
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4.10. FcRange
Table of Contents
FcRangeCopy -- Copy a range object
FcRangeCreateDouble -- create a range object for double
FcRangeCreateInteger -- create a range object for integer
FcRangeDestroy -- destroy a range object
FcRangeGetDouble -- Get the range in double
An FcRange holds two variables to indicate a range in between.
FcRangeCopy
Name
FcRangeCopy -- Copy a range object
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcRange * FcRangeCopy(const FcRange *range);
Description
FcRangeCopy creates a new FcRange object and populates it with
the contents of range.
Since
version 2.11.91
FcRangeCreateDouble
Name
FcRangeCreateDouble -- create a range object for double
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcRange * FcRangeCreateDouble(doublebegin, doubleend);
Description
FcRangeCreateDouble creates a new FcRange object with double
sized value.
Since
version 2.11.91
FcRangeCreateInteger
Name
FcRangeCreateInteger -- create a range object for integer
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcRange * FcRangeCreateInteger(intbegin, intend);
Description
FcRangeCreateInteger creates a new FcRange object with integer
sized value.
Since
version 2.11.91
FcRangeDestroy
Name
FcRangeDestroy -- destroy a range object
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcRangeDestroy(FcRange *range);
Description
FcRangeDestroy destroys a FcRange object, freeing all memory
associated with it.
Since
version 2.11.91
FcRangeGetDouble
Name
FcRangeGetDouble -- Get the range in double
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcRangeGetDouble(const FcRange *range, double *begin,
double *end);
Description
Returns in begin and end as the range.
Since
version 2.11.91
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4.11. FcConfig
Table of Contents
FcConfigCreate -- Create a configuration
FcConfigReference -- Increment config reference count
FcConfigDestroy -- Destroy a configuration
FcConfigSetCurrent -- Set configuration as default
FcConfigGetCurrent -- Return current configuration
FcConfigUptoDate -- Check timestamps on config files
FcConfigHome -- return the current home directory.
FcConfigEnableHome -- controls use of the home directory.
FcConfigBuildFonts -- Build font database
FcConfigGetConfigDirs -- Get config directories
FcConfigGetFontDirs -- Get font directories
FcConfigGetConfigFiles -- Get config files
FcConfigGetCache -- DEPRECATED used to return per-user cache
filename
FcConfigGetCacheDirs -- return the list of directories searched
for cache files
FcConfigGetFonts -- Get config font set
FcConfigGetBlanks -- Get config blanks
FcConfigGetRescanInterval -- Get config rescan interval
FcConfigSetRescanInterval -- Set config rescan interval
FcConfigAppFontAddFile -- Add font file to font database
FcConfigAppFontAddDir -- Add fonts from directory to font
database
FcConfigAppFontClear -- Remove all app fonts from font database
FcConfigSubstituteWithPat -- Execute substitutions
FcConfigSubstitute -- Execute substitutions
FcFontMatch -- Return best font
FcFontSort -- Return list of matching fonts
FcFontRenderPrepare -- Prepare pattern for loading font file
FcFontList -- List fonts
FcConfigFilename -- Find a config file
FcConfigParseAndLoad -- load a configuration file
FcConfigParseAndLoadFromMemory -- load a configuration from
memory
FcConfigGetSysRoot -- Obtain the system root directory
FcConfigSetSysRoot -- Set the system root directory
FcConfigFileInfoIterInit -- Initialize the iterator
FcConfigFileInfoIterNext -- Set the iterator to point to the
next list
FcConfigFileInfoIterGet -- Obtain the configuration file
information
An FcConfig object holds the internal representation of a
configuration. There is a default configuration which
applications may use by passing 0 to any function using the
data within an FcConfig.
FcConfigCreate
Name
FcConfigCreate -- Create a configuration
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcConfig * FcConfigCreate(void);
Description
Creates an empty configuration.
FcConfigReference
Name
FcConfigReference -- Increment config reference count
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcConfig * FcConfigReference(FcConfig *config);
Description
Add another reference to config. Configs are freed only when
the reference count reaches zero. If config is NULL, the
current configuration is used. In that case this function will
be similar to FcConfigGetCurrent() except that it increments
the reference count before returning and the user is
responsible for destroying the configuration when not needed
anymore.
FcConfigDestroy
Name
FcConfigDestroy -- Destroy a configuration
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcConfigDestroy(FcConfig *config);
Description
Decrements the config reference count. If all references are
gone, destroys the configuration and any data associated with
it. Note that calling this function with the return from
FcConfigGetCurrent will cause a new configuration to be created
for use as current configuration.
FcConfigSetCurrent
Name
FcConfigSetCurrent -- Set configuration as default
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigSetCurrent(FcConfig *config);
Description
Sets the current default configuration to config. Implicitly
calls FcConfigBuildFonts if necessary, and FcConfigReference()
to inrease the reference count in config since 2.12.0,
returning FcFalse if that call fails.
FcConfigGetCurrent
Name
FcConfigGetCurrent -- Return current configuration
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcConfig * FcConfigGetCurrent(void);
Description
Returns the current default configuration.
FcConfigUptoDate
Name
FcConfigUptoDate -- Check timestamps on config files
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigUptoDate(FcConfig *config);
Description
Checks all of the files related to config and returns whether
any of them has been modified since the configuration was
created. If config is NULL, the current configuration is used.
FcConfigHome
Name
FcConfigHome -- return the current home directory.
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcConfigHome(void);
Description
Return the current user's home directory, if it is available,
and if using it is enabled, and NULL otherwise. See also
FcConfigEnableHome).
FcConfigEnableHome
Name
FcConfigEnableHome -- controls use of the home directory.
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigEnableHome(FcBool enable);
Description
If enable is FcTrue, then Fontconfig will use various files
which are specified relative to the user's home directory
(using the ~ notation in the configuration). When enable is
FcFalse, then all use of the home directory in these contexts
will be disabled. The previous setting of the value is
returned.
FcConfigBuildFonts
Name
FcConfigBuildFonts -- Build font database
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigBuildFonts(FcConfig *config);
Description
Builds the set of available fonts for the given configuration.
Note that any changes to the configuration after this call have
indeterminate effects. Returns FcFalse if this operation runs
out of memory. If config is NULL, the current configuration is
used.
FcConfigGetConfigDirs
Name
FcConfigGetConfigDirs -- Get config directories
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcStrList * FcConfigGetConfigDirs(FcConfig *config);
Description
Returns the list of font directories specified in the
configuration files for config. Does not include any
subdirectories. If config is NULL, the current configuration is
used.
FcConfigGetFontDirs
Name
FcConfigGetFontDirs -- Get font directories
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcStrList * FcConfigGetFontDirs(FcConfig *config);
Description
Returns the list of font directories in config. This includes
the configured font directories along with any directories
below those in the filesystem. If config is NULL, the current
configuration is used.
FcConfigGetConfigFiles
Name
FcConfigGetConfigFiles -- Get config files
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcStrList * FcConfigGetConfigFiles(FcConfig *config);
Description
Returns the list of known configuration files used to generate
config. If config is NULL, the current configuration is used.
FcConfigGetCache
Name
FcConfigGetCache -- DEPRECATED used to return per-user cache
filename
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcConfigGetCache(FcConfig *config);
Description
With fontconfig no longer using per-user cache files, this
function now simply returns NULL to indicate that no per-user
file exists.
FcConfigGetCacheDirs
Name
FcConfigGetCacheDirs -- return the list of directories searched
for cache files
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcStrList * FcConfigGetCacheDirs(const FcConfig *config);
Description
FcConfigGetCacheDirs returns a string list containing all of
the directories that fontconfig will search when attempting to
load a cache file for a font directory. If config is NULL, the
current configuration is used.
FcConfigGetFonts
Name
FcConfigGetFonts -- Get config font set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcFontSet * FcConfigGetFonts(FcConfig *config, FcSetName set);
Description
Returns one of the two sets of fonts from the configuration as
specified by set. This font set is owned by the library and
must not be modified or freed. If config is NULL, the current
configuration is used.
FcConfigGetBlanks
Name
FcConfigGetBlanks -- Get config blanks
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBlanks * FcConfigGetBlanks(FcConfig *config);
Description
FcBlanks is deprecated. This function always returns NULL.
FcConfigGetRescanInterval
Name
FcConfigGetRescanInterval -- Get config rescan interval
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcConfigGetRescanInterval(FcConfig *config);
Description
Returns the interval between automatic checks of the
configuration (in seconds) specified in config. The
configuration is checked during a call to FcFontList when this
interval has passed since the last check. An interval setting
of zero disables automatic checks. If config is NULL, the
current configuration is used.
FcConfigSetRescanInterval
Name
FcConfigSetRescanInterval -- Set config rescan interval
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigSetRescanInterval(FcConfig *config, int
rescanInterval);
Description
Sets the rescan interval. Returns FcFalse if the interval
cannot be set (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns
FcTrue. An interval setting of zero disables automatic checks.
If config is NULL, the current configuration is used.
FcConfigAppFontAddFile
Name
FcConfigAppFontAddFile -- Add font file to font database
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigAppFontAddFile(FcConfig *config, const FcChar8
*file);
Description
Adds an application-specific font to the configuration. Returns
FcFalse if the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure
or no fonts found). Otherwise returns FcTrue. If config is
NULL, the current configuration is used.
FcConfigAppFontAddDir
Name
FcConfigAppFontAddDir -- Add fonts from directory to font
database
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigAppFontAddDir(FcConfig *config, const FcChar8
*dir);
Description
Scans the specified directory for fonts, adding each one found
to the application-specific set of fonts. Returns FcFalse if
the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure).
Otherwise returns FcTrue. If config is NULL, the current
configuration is used.
FcConfigAppFontClear
Name
FcConfigAppFontClear -- Remove all app fonts from font database
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcConfigAppFontClear(FcConfig *config);
Description
Clears the set of application-specific fonts. If config is
NULL, the current configuration is used.
FcConfigSubstituteWithPat
Name
FcConfigSubstituteWithPat -- Execute substitutions
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigSubstituteWithPat(FcConfig *config, FcPattern
*p, FcPattern *p_pat, FcMatchKind kind);
Description
Performs the sequence of pattern modification operations, if
kind is FcMatchPattern, then those tagged as pattern operations
are applied, else if kind is FcMatchFont, those tagged as font
operations are applied and p_pat is used for <test> elements
with target=pattern. Returns FcFalse if the substitution cannot
be performed (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns
FcTrue. If config is NULL, the current configuration is used.
FcConfigSubstitute
Name
FcConfigSubstitute -- Execute substitutions
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigSubstitute(FcConfig *config, FcPattern *p,
FcMatchKind kind);
Description
Calls FcConfigSubstituteWithPat setting p_pat to NULL. Returns
FcFalse if the substitution cannot be performed (due to
allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue. If config is
NULL, the current configuration is used.
FcFontMatch
Name
FcFontMatch -- Return best font
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcPattern * FcFontMatch(FcConfig *config, FcPattern *p,
FcResult *result);
Description
Finds the font in sets most closely matching pattern and
returns the result of FcFontRenderPrepare for that font and the
provided pattern. This function should be called only after
FcConfigSubstitute and FcDefaultSubstitute have been called for
p; otherwise the results will not be correct. If config is
NULL, the current configuration is used.
FcFontSort
Name
FcFontSort -- Return list of matching fonts
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcFontSet * FcFontSort(FcConfig *config, FcPattern *p, FcBool
trim, FcCharSet **csp, FcResult *result);
Description
Returns the list of fonts sorted by closeness to p. If trim is
FcTrue, elements in the list which don't include Unicode
coverage not provided by earlier elements in the list are
elided. The union of Unicode coverage of all of the fonts is
returned in csp, if csp is not NULL. This function should be
called only after FcConfigSubstitute and FcDefaultSubstitute
have been called for p; otherwise the results will not be
correct.
The returned FcFontSet references FcPattern structures which
may be shared by the return value from multiple FcFontSort
calls, applications must not modify these patterns. Instead,
they should be passed, along with p to FcFontRenderPrepare
which combines them into a complete pattern.
The FcFontSet returned by FcFontSort is destroyed by calling
FcFontSetDestroy. If config is NULL, the current configuration
is used.
FcFontRenderPrepare
Name
FcFontRenderPrepare -- Prepare pattern for loading font file
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcPattern * FcFontRenderPrepare(FcConfig *config, FcPattern
*pat, FcPattern *font);
Description
Creates a new pattern consisting of elements of font not
appearing in pat, elements of pat not appearing in font and the
best matching value from pat for elements appearing in both.
The result is passed to FcConfigSubstituteWithPat with kind
FcMatchFont and then returned.
FcFontList
Name
FcFontList -- List fonts
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcFontSet * FcFontList(FcConfig *config, FcPattern *p,
FcObjectSet *os);
Description
Selects fonts matching p, creates patterns from those fonts
containing only the objects in os and returns the set of unique
such patterns. If config is NULL, the default configuration is
checked to be up to date, and used.
FcConfigFilename
Name
FcConfigFilename -- Find a config file
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcConfigFilename(const FcChar8 *name);
Description
Given the specified external entity name, return the associated
filename. This provides applications a way to convert various
configuration file references into filename form.
A null or empty name indicates that the default configuration
file should be used; which file this references can be
overridden with the FONTCONFIG_FILE environment variable. Next,
if the name starts with ~, it refers to a file in the current
users home directory. Otherwise if the name doesn't start with
'/', it refers to a file in the default configuration
directory; the built-in default directory can be overridden
with the FONTCONFIG_PATH environment variable.
FcConfigParseAndLoad
Name
FcConfigParseAndLoad -- load a configuration file
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigParseAndLoad(FcConfig *config, const FcChar8
*file, FcBool complain);
Description
Walks the configuration in 'file' and constructs the internal
representation in 'config'. Any include files referenced from
within 'file' will be loaded and parsed. If 'complain' is
FcFalse, no warning will be displayed if 'file' does not exist.
Error and warning messages will be output to stderr. Returns
FcFalse if some error occurred while loading the file, either a
parse error, semantic error or allocation failure. Otherwise
returns FcTrue.
FcConfigParseAndLoadFromMemory
Name
FcConfigParseAndLoadFromMemory -- load a configuration from
memory
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigParseAndLoadFromMemory(FcConfig *config, const
FcChar8 *buffer, FcBool complain);
Description
Walks the configuration in 'memory' and constructs the internal
representation in 'config'. Any includes files referenced from
within 'memory' will be loaded and dparsed. If 'complain' is
FcFalse, no warning will be displayed if 'file' does not exist.
Error and warning messages will be output to stderr. Returns
FcFalse if fsome error occurred while loading the file, either
a parse error, semantic error or allocation failure. Otherwise
returns FcTrue.
Since
version 2.12.5
FcConfigGetSysRoot
Name
FcConfigGetSysRoot -- Obtain the system root directory
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
const FcChar8 * FcConfigGetSysRoot(const FcConfig *config);
Description
Obtrains the system root directory in 'config' if available.
Since
version 2.10.92
FcConfigSetSysRoot
Name
FcConfigSetSysRoot -- Set the system root directory
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcConfigSetSysRoot(FcConfig *config, const FcChar8
*sysroot);
Description
Set 'sysroot' as the system root directory. fontconfig prepend
'sysroot' to the cache directories in order to allow people to
generate caches at the build time. Note that this causes
changing current config. i.e. this function calls
FcConfigSetCurrent() internally.
Since
version 2.10.92
FcConfigFileInfoIterInit
Name
FcConfigFileInfoIterInit -- Initialize the iterator
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcConfigFileInfoIterInit(FcConfig *config,
FcConfigFileInfoIter *iter);
Description
Initialize 'iter' with the first iterator in the config file
information list.
Since
version 2.12.91
FcConfigFileInfoIterNext
Name
FcConfigFileInfoIterNext -- Set the iterator to point to the
next list
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigFileInfoIterNext(FcConfig *config,
FcConfigFileInfoIter *iter);
Description
Set 'iter' to point to the next node in the config file
information list. If there is no next node, FcFalse is
returned.
Since
version 2.12.91
FcConfigFileInfoIterGet
Name
FcConfigFileInfoIterGet -- Obtain the configuration file
information
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcConfigFileInfoIterGet(FcConfig *config,
FcConfigFileInfoIter *iter, FcChar8 **name, FcChar8
**description, FcBool *enabled);
Description
Obtain the filename, the description and the flag whether it is
enabled or not for 'iter' where points to current configuration
file information. If the iterator is invalid, FcFalse is
returned.
Since
version 2.12.91
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4.12. FcObjectType
Table of Contents
FcNameRegisterObjectTypes -- Register object types
FcNameUnregisterObjectTypes -- Unregister object types
FcNameGetObjectType -- Lookup an object type
Provides for application-specified font name object types so
that new pattern elements can be generated from font names.
FcNameRegisterObjectTypes
Name
FcNameRegisterObjectTypes -- Register object types
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcNameRegisterObjectTypes(const FcObjectType *types, int
ntype);
Description
Deprecated. Does nothing. Returns FcFalse.
FcNameUnregisterObjectTypes
Name
FcNameUnregisterObjectTypes -- Unregister object types
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcNameUnregisterObjectTypes(const FcObjectType *types,
int ntype);
Description
Deprecated. Does nothing. Returns FcFalse.
FcNameGetObjectType
Name
FcNameGetObjectType -- Lookup an object type
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
const FcObjectType * FcNameGetObjectType(const char *object);
Description
Return the object type for the pattern element named object.
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4.13. FcConstant
Table of Contents
FcNameRegisterConstants -- Register symbolic constants
FcNameUnregisterConstants -- Unregister symbolic constants
FcNameGetConstant -- Lookup symbolic constant
FcNameConstant -- Get the value for a symbolic constant
Provides for application-specified symbolic constants for font
names.
FcNameRegisterConstants
Name
FcNameRegisterConstants -- Register symbolic constants
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcNameRegisterConstants(const FcConstant *consts, int
nconsts);
Description
Deprecated. Does nothing. Returns FcFalse.
FcNameUnregisterConstants
Name
FcNameUnregisterConstants -- Unregister symbolic constants
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcNameUnregisterConstants(const FcConstant *consts, int
nconsts);
Description
Deprecated. Does nothing. Returns FcFalse.
FcNameGetConstant
Name
FcNameGetConstant -- Lookup symbolic constant
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
const FcConstant * FcNameGetConstant(FcChar8 *string);
Description
Return the FcConstant structure related to symbolic constant
string.
FcNameConstant
Name
FcNameConstant -- Get the value for a symbolic constant
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcNameConstant(FcChar8 *string, int *result);
Description
Returns whether a symbolic constant with name string is
registered, placing the value of the constant in result if
present.
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4.14. FcWeight
Table of Contents
FcWeightFromOpenTypeDouble -- Convert from OpenType weight
values to fontconfig ones
FcWeightToOpenTypeDouble -- Convert from fontconfig weight
values to OpenType ones
FcWeightFromOpenType -- Convert from OpenType weight values to
fontconfig ones
FcWeightToOpenType -- Convert from fontconfig weight values to
OpenType ones
Maps weights to and from OpenType weights.
FcWeightFromOpenTypeDouble
Name
FcWeightFromOpenTypeDouble -- Convert from OpenType weight
values to fontconfig ones
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
double FcWeightFromOpenTypeDouble(doubleot_weight);
Description
FcWeightFromOpenTypeDouble returns an double value to use with
FC_WEIGHT, from an double in the 1..1000 range, resembling the
numbers from OpenType specification's OS/2 usWeight numbers,
which are also similar to CSS font-weight numbers. If input is
negative, zero, or greater than 1000, returns -1. This function
linearly doubleerpolates between various FC_WEIGHT_* constants.
As such, the returned value does not necessarily match any of
the predefined constants.
Since
version 2.12.92
FcWeightToOpenTypeDouble
Name
FcWeightToOpenTypeDouble -- Convert from fontconfig weight
values to OpenType ones
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
double FcWeightToOpenTypeDouble(doubleot_weight);
Description
FcWeightToOpenTypeDouble is the inverse of
FcWeightFromOpenType. If the input is less than FC_WEIGHT_THIN
or greater than FC_WEIGHT_EXTRABLACK, returns -1. Otherwise
returns a number in the range 1 to 1000.
Since
version 2.12.92
FcWeightFromOpenType
Name
FcWeightFromOpenType -- Convert from OpenType weight values to
fontconfig ones
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcWeightFromOpenType(intot_weight);
Description
FcWeightFromOpenType is like FcWeightFromOpenTypeDouble but
with integer arguments. Use the other function instead.
Since
version 2.11.91
FcWeightToOpenType
Name
FcWeightToOpenType -- Convert from fontconfig weight values to
OpenType ones
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcWeightToOpenType(intot_weight);
Description
FcWeightToOpenType is like FcWeightToOpenTypeDouble but with
integer arguments. Use the other function instead.
Since
version 2.11.91
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4.15. FcBlanks
Table of Contents
FcBlanksCreate -- Create an FcBlanks
FcBlanksDestroy -- Destroy and FcBlanks
FcBlanksAdd -- Add a character to an FcBlanks
FcBlanksIsMember -- Query membership in an FcBlanks
An FcBlanks object holds a list of Unicode chars which are
expected to be blank when drawn. When scanning new fonts, any
glyphs which are empty and not in this list will be assumed to
be broken and not placed in the FcCharSet associated with the
font. This provides a significantly more accurate CharSet for
applications.
FcBlanks is deprecated and should not be used in newly written
code. It is still accepted by some functions for compatibility
with older code but will be removed in the future.
FcBlanksCreate
Name
FcBlanksCreate -- Create an FcBlanks
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBlanks * FcBlanksCreate(void);
Description
FcBlanks is deprecated. This function always returns NULL.
FcBlanksDestroy
Name
FcBlanksDestroy -- Destroy and FcBlanks
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcBlanksDestroy(FcBlanks *b);
Description
FcBlanks is deprecated. This function does nothing.
FcBlanksAdd
Name
FcBlanksAdd -- Add a character to an FcBlanks
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcBlanksAdd(FcBlanks *b, FcChar32 ucs4);
Description
FcBlanks is deprecated. This function always returns FALSE.
FcBlanksIsMember
Name
FcBlanksIsMember -- Query membership in an FcBlanks
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcBlanksIsMember(FcBlanks *b, FcChar32 ucs4);
Description
FcBlanks is deprecated. This function always returns FALSE.
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4.16. FcAtomic
Table of Contents
FcAtomicCreate -- create an FcAtomic object
FcAtomicLock -- lock a file
FcAtomicNewFile -- return new temporary file name
FcAtomicOrigFile -- return original file name
FcAtomicReplaceOrig -- replace original with new
FcAtomicDeleteNew -- delete new file
FcAtomicUnlock -- unlock a file
FcAtomicDestroy -- destroy an FcAtomic object
These functions provide a safe way to update configuration
files, allowing ongoing reading of the old configuration file
while locked for writing and ensuring that a consistent and
complete version of the configuration file is always available.
FcAtomicCreate
Name
FcAtomicCreate -- create an FcAtomic object
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcAtomic * FcAtomicCreate(const FcChar8 *file);
Description
Creates a data structure containing data needed to control
access to file. Writing is done to a separate file. Once that
file is complete, the original configuration file is atomically
replaced so that reading process always see a consistent and
complete file without the need to lock for reading.
FcAtomicLock
Name
FcAtomicLock -- lock a file
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcAtomicLock(FcAtomic *atomic);
Description
Attempts to lock the file referenced by atomic. Returns FcFalse
if the file is already locked, else returns FcTrue and leaves
the file locked.
FcAtomicNewFile
Name
FcAtomicNewFile -- return new temporary file name
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcAtomicNewFile(FcAtomic *atomic);
Description
Returns the filename for writing a new version of the file
referenced by atomic.
FcAtomicOrigFile
Name
FcAtomicOrigFile -- return original file name
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcAtomicOrigFile(FcAtomic *atomic);
Description
Returns the file referenced by atomic.
FcAtomicReplaceOrig
Name
FcAtomicReplaceOrig -- replace original with new
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcAtomicReplaceOrig(FcAtomic *atomic);
Description
Replaces the original file referenced by atomic with the new
file. Returns FcFalse if the file cannot be replaced due to
permission issues in the filesystem. Otherwise returns FcTrue.
FcAtomicDeleteNew
Name
FcAtomicDeleteNew -- delete new file
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcAtomicDeleteNew(FcAtomic *atomic);
Description
Deletes the new file. Used in error recovery to back out
changes.
FcAtomicUnlock
Name
FcAtomicUnlock -- unlock a file
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcAtomicUnlock(FcAtomic *atomic);
Description
Unlocks the file.
FcAtomicDestroy
Name
FcAtomicDestroy -- destroy an FcAtomic object
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcAtomicDestroy(FcAtomic *atomic);
Description
Destroys atomic.
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4.17. File and Directory routines
Table of Contents
FcFileScan -- scan a font file
FcFileIsDir -- check whether a file is a directory
FcDirScan -- scan a font directory without caching it
FcDirSave -- DEPRECATED: formerly used to save a directory
cache
FcDirCacheUnlink -- Remove all caches related to dir
FcDirCacheValid -- check directory cache
FcDirCacheLoad -- load a directory cache
FcDirCacheRescan -- Re-scan a directory cache
FcDirCacheRead -- read or construct a directory cache
FcDirCacheLoadFile -- load a cache file
FcDirCacheUnload -- unload a cache file
These routines work with font files and directories, including
font directory cache files.
FcFileScan
Name
FcFileScan -- scan a font file
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcFileScan(FcFontSet *set, FcStrSet *dirs, FcFileCache
*cache, FcBlanks *blanks, const FcChar8 *file, FcBool force);
Description
Scans a single file and adds all fonts found to set. If force
is FcTrue, then the file is scanned even if associated
information is found in cache. If file is a directory, it is
added to dirs. Whether fonts are found depends on fontconfig
policy as well as the current configuration. Internally,
fontconfig will ignore BDF and PCF fonts which are not in
Unicode (or the effectively equivalent ISO Latin-1) encoding as
those are not usable by Unicode-based applications. The
configuration can ignore fonts based on filename or contents of
the font file itself. Returns FcFalse if any of the fonts
cannot be added (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns
FcTrue.
FcFileIsDir
Name
FcFileIsDir -- check whether a file is a directory
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcFileIsDir(const FcChar8 *file);
Description
Returns FcTrue if file is a directory, otherwise returns
FcFalse.
FcDirScan
Name
FcDirScan -- scan a font directory without caching it
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcDirScan(FcFontSet *set, FcStrSet *dirs, FcFileCache
*cache, FcBlanks *blanks, const FcChar8 *dir, FcBool force);
Description
If cache is not zero or if force is FcFalse, this function
currently returns FcFalse. Otherwise, it scans an entire
directory and adds all fonts found to set. Any subdirectories
found are added to dirs. Calling this function does not create
any cache files. Use FcDirCacheRead() if caching is desired.
FcDirSave
Name
FcDirSave -- DEPRECATED: formerly used to save a directory
cache
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcDirSave(FcFontSet *set, FcStrSet *dirs, const FcChar8
*dir);
Description
This function now does nothing aside from returning FcFalse. It
used to creates the per-directory cache file for dir and
populates it with the fonts in set and subdirectories in dirs.
All of this functionality is now automatically managed by
FcDirCacheLoad and FcDirCacheRead.
FcDirCacheUnlink
Name
FcDirCacheUnlink -- Remove all caches related to dir
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcDirCacheUnlink(const FcChar8 *dir, FcConfig *config);
Description
Scans the cache directories in config, removing any instances
of the cache file for dir. Returns FcFalse when some internal
error occurs (out of memory, etc). Errors actually unlinking
any files are ignored.
FcDirCacheValid
Name
FcDirCacheValid -- check directory cache
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcDirCacheValid(const FcChar8 *dir);
Description
Returns FcTrue if dir has an associated valid cache file, else
returns FcFalse
FcDirCacheLoad
Name
FcDirCacheLoad -- load a directory cache
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcCache * FcDirCacheLoad(const FcChar8 *dir, FcConfig *config,
FcChar8 **cache_file);
Description
Loads the cache related to dir. If no cache file exists,
returns NULL. The name of the cache file is returned in
cache_file, unless that is NULL. See also FcDirCacheRead.
FcDirCacheRescan
Name
FcDirCacheRescan -- Re-scan a directory cache
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcCache * FcDirCacheRescan(const FcChar8 *dir, FcConfig
*config);
Description
Re-scan directories only at dir and update the cache. returns
NULL if failed.
Since
version 2.11.1
FcDirCacheRead
Name
FcDirCacheRead -- read or construct a directory cache
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcCache * FcDirCacheRead(const FcChar8 *dir, FcBool force,
FcConfig *config);
Description
This returns a cache for dir. If force is FcFalse, then an
existing, valid cache file will be used. Otherwise, a new cache
will be created by scanning the directory and that returned.
FcDirCacheLoadFile
Name
FcDirCacheLoadFile -- load a cache file
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcCache * FcDirCacheLoadFile(const FcChar8 *cache_file, struct
stat *file_stat);
Description
This function loads a directory cache from cache_file. If
file_stat is non-NULL, it will be filled with the results of
stat(2) on the cache file.
FcDirCacheUnload
Name
FcDirCacheUnload -- unload a cache file
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcDirCacheUnload(FcCache *cache);
Description
This function dereferences cache. When no other references to
it remain, all memory associated with the cache will be freed.
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4.18. FcCache routines
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FcCacheDir -- Return directory of cache
FcCacheCopySet -- Returns a copy of the fontset from cache
FcCacheSubdir -- Return the i'th subdirectory.
FcCacheNumSubdir -- Return the number of subdirectories in
cache.
FcCacheNumFont -- Returns the number of fonts in cache.
FcDirCacheClean -- Clean up a cache directory
FcCacheCreateTagFile -- Create CACHEDIR.TAG at cache directory.
FcDirCacheCreateUUID -- Create .uuid file at a directory
FcDirCacheDeleteUUID -- Delete .uuid file
These routines work with font directory caches, accessing their
contents in limited ways. It is not expected that normal
applications will need to use these functions.
FcCacheDir
Name
FcCacheDir -- Return directory of cache
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
const FcChar8 * FcCacheDir(const FcCache *cache);
Description
This function returns the directory from which the cache was
constructed.
FcCacheCopySet
Name
FcCacheCopySet -- Returns a copy of the fontset from cache
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcFontSet * FcCacheCopySet(const FcCache *cache);
Description
The returned fontset contains each of the font patterns from
cache. This fontset may be modified, but the patterns from the
cache are read-only.
FcCacheSubdir
Name
FcCacheSubdir -- Return the i'th subdirectory.
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
const FcChar8 * FcCacheSubdir(const FcCache *cache, inti);
Description
The set of subdirectories stored in a cache file are indexed by
this function, i should range from 0 to n-1, where n is the
return value from FcCacheNumSubdir.
FcCacheNumSubdir
Name
FcCacheNumSubdir -- Return the number of subdirectories in
cache.
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcCacheNumSubdir(const FcCache *cache);
Description
This returns the total number of subdirectories in the cache.
FcCacheNumFont
Name
FcCacheNumFont -- Returns the number of fonts in cache.
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcCacheNumFont(const FcCache *cache);
Description
This returns the number of fonts which would be included in the
return from FcCacheCopySet.
FcDirCacheClean
Name
FcDirCacheClean -- Clean up a cache directory
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcDirCacheClean(const FcChar8 *cache_dir,
FcBoolverbose);
Description
This tries to clean up the cache directory of cache_dir. This
returns FcTrue if the operation is successfully complete.
otherwise FcFalse.
Since
version 2.9.91
FcCacheCreateTagFile
Name
FcCacheCreateTagFile -- Create CACHEDIR.TAG at cache directory.
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcCacheCreateTagFile(const FcConfig *config);
Description
This tries to create CACHEDIR.TAG file at the cache directory
registered to config.
Since
version 2.9.91
FcDirCacheCreateUUID
Name
FcDirCacheCreateUUID -- Create .uuid file at a directory
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcDirCacheCreateUUID(FcChar8 *dir, FcBoolforce, FcConfig
*config);
Description
This is to create .uuid file containing an UUID at a font
directory of dir. The UUID will be used to identify the font
directory and is used to determine the cache filename if
available.
Since
version 2.12.92
FcDirCacheDeleteUUID
Name
FcDirCacheDeleteUUID -- Delete .uuid file
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcDirCacheDeleteUUID(const FcChar8 *dir, FcConfig
*config);
Description
This is to delete .uuid file containing an UUID at a font
directory of dir.
Since
version 2.13.1
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4.19. FcStrSet and FcStrList
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FcStrSetCreate -- create a string set
FcStrSetMember -- check set for membership
FcStrSetEqual -- check sets for equality
FcStrSetAdd -- add to a string set
FcStrSetAddFilename -- add a filename to a string set
FcStrSetDel -- delete from a string set
FcStrSetDestroy -- destroy a string set
FcStrListCreate -- create a string iterator
FcStrListFirst -- get first string in iteration
FcStrListNext -- get next string in iteration
FcStrListDone -- destroy a string iterator
A data structure for enumerating strings, used to list
directories while scanning the configuration as directories are
added while scanning.
FcStrSetCreate
Name
FcStrSetCreate -- create a string set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcStrSet * FcStrSetCreate(void);
Description
Create an empty set.
FcStrSetMember
Name
FcStrSetMember -- check set for membership
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcStrSetMember(FcStrSet *set, const FcChar8 *s);
Description
Returns whether s is a member of set.
FcStrSetEqual
Name
FcStrSetEqual -- check sets for equality
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcStrSetEqual(FcStrSet *set_a, FcStrSet *set_b);
Description
Returns whether set_a contains precisely the same strings as
set_b. Ordering of strings within the two sets is not
considered.
FcStrSetAdd
Name
FcStrSetAdd -- add to a string set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcStrSetAdd(FcStrSet *set, const FcChar8 *s);
Description
Adds a copy of s to set.
FcStrSetAddFilename
Name
FcStrSetAddFilename -- add a filename to a string set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcStrSetAddFilename(FcStrSet *set, const FcChar8 *s);
Description
Adds a copy s to set, The copy is created with
FcStrCopyFilename so that leading '~' values are replaced with
the value of the HOME environment variable.
FcStrSetDel
Name
FcStrSetDel -- delete from a string set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcStrSetDel(FcStrSet *set, const FcChar8 *s);
Description
Removes s from set, returning FcTrue if s was a member else
FcFalse.
FcStrSetDestroy
Name
FcStrSetDestroy -- destroy a string set
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcStrSetDestroy(FcStrSet *set);
Description
Destroys set.
FcStrListCreate
Name
FcStrListCreate -- create a string iterator
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcStrList * FcStrListCreate(FcStrSet *set);
Description
Creates an iterator to list the strings in set.
FcStrListFirst
Name
FcStrListFirst -- get first string in iteration
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcStrListFirst(FcStrList *list);
Description
Returns the first string in list.
Since
version 2.11.0
FcStrListNext
Name
FcStrListNext -- get next string in iteration
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcStrListNext(FcStrList *list);
Description
Returns the next string in list.
FcStrListDone
Name
FcStrListDone -- destroy a string iterator
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcStrListDone(FcStrList *list);
Description
Destroys the enumerator list.
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4.20. String utilities
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FcUtf8ToUcs4 -- convert UTF-8 to UCS4
FcUcs4ToUtf8 -- convert UCS4 to UTF-8
FcUtf8Len -- count UTF-8 encoded chars
FcUtf16ToUcs4 -- convert UTF-16 to UCS4
FcUtf16Len -- count UTF-16 encoded chars
FcIsLower -- check for lower case ASCII character
FcIsUpper -- check for upper case ASCII character
FcToLower -- convert upper case ASCII to lower case
FcStrCopy -- duplicate a string
FcStrDowncase -- create a lower case translation of a string
FcStrCopyFilename -- create a complete path from a filename
FcStrCmp -- compare UTF-8 strings
FcStrCmpIgnoreCase -- compare UTF-8 strings ignoring case
FcStrStr -- locate UTF-8 substring
FcStrStrIgnoreCase -- locate UTF-8 substring ignoring ASCII
case
FcStrPlus -- concatenate two strings
FcStrFree -- free a string
FcStrDirname -- directory part of filename
FcStrBasename -- last component of filename
Fontconfig manipulates many UTF-8 strings represented with the
FcChar8 type. These functions are exposed to help applications
deal with these UTF-8 strings in a locale-insensitive manner.
FcUtf8ToUcs4
Name
FcUtf8ToUcs4 -- convert UTF-8 to UCS4
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcUtf8ToUcs4(FcChar8 *src, FcChar32 *dst, int len);
Description
Converts the next Unicode char from src into dst and returns
the number of bytes containing the char. src must be at least
len bytes long.
FcUcs4ToUtf8
Name
FcUcs4ToUtf8 -- convert UCS4 to UTF-8
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcUcs4ToUtf8(FcChar32 src, FcChar8 dst[FC_UTF8_MAX_LEN]);
Description
Converts the Unicode char from src into dst and returns the
number of bytes needed to encode the char.
FcUtf8Len
Name
FcUtf8Len -- count UTF-8 encoded chars
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcUtf8Len(FcChar8 *src, int len, int *nchar, int
*wchar);
Description
Counts the number of Unicode chars in len bytes of src. Places
that count in nchar. wchar contains 1, 2 or 4 depending on the
number of bytes needed to hold the largest Unicode char
counted. The return value indicates whether src is a
well-formed UTF8 string.
FcUtf16ToUcs4
Name
FcUtf16ToUcs4 -- convert UTF-16 to UCS4
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcUtf16ToUcs4(FcChar8 *src, FcEndian endian, FcChar32 *dst,
int len);
Description
Converts the next Unicode char from src into dst and returns
the number of bytes containing the char. src must be at least
len bytes long. Bytes of src are combined into 16-bit units
according to endian.
FcUtf16Len
Name
FcUtf16Len -- count UTF-16 encoded chars
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcUtf16Len(FcChar8 *src, FcEndian endian, int len, int
*nchar, int *wchar);
Description
Counts the number of Unicode chars in len bytes of src. Bytes
of src are combined into 16-bit units according to endian.
Places that count in nchar. wchar contains 1, 2 or 4 depending
on the number of bytes needed to hold the largest Unicode char
counted. The return value indicates whether string is a
well-formed UTF16 string.
FcIsLower
Name
FcIsLower -- check for lower case ASCII character
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcIsLower(FcChar8c);
Description
This macro checks whether c is an lower case ASCII letter.
FcIsUpper
Name
FcIsUpper -- check for upper case ASCII character
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcBool FcIsUpper(FcChar8c);
Description
This macro checks whether c is a upper case ASCII letter.
FcToLower
Name
FcToLower -- convert upper case ASCII to lower case
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 FcToLower(FcChar8c);
Description
This macro converts upper case ASCII c to the equivalent lower
case letter.
FcStrCopy
Name
FcStrCopy -- duplicate a string
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcStrCopy(const FcChar8 *s);
Description
Allocates memory, copies s and returns the resulting buffer.
Yes, this is strdup, but that function isn't available on every
platform.
FcStrDowncase
Name
FcStrDowncase -- create a lower case translation of a string
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcStrDowncase(const FcChar8 *s);
Description
Allocates memory, copies s, converting upper case letters to
lower case and returns the allocated buffer.
FcStrCopyFilename
Name
FcStrCopyFilename -- create a complete path from a filename
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcStrCopyFilename(const FcChar8 *s);
Description
FcStrCopyFilename constructs an absolute pathname from s. It
converts any leading '~' characters in to the value of the HOME
environment variable, and any relative paths are converted to
absolute paths using the current working directory. Sequences
of '/' characters are converted to a single '/', and names
containing the current directory '.' or parent directory '..'
are correctly reconstructed. Returns NULL if '~' is the leading
character and HOME is unset or disabled (see
FcConfigEnableHome).
FcStrCmp
Name
FcStrCmp -- compare UTF-8 strings
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcStrCmp(const FcChar8 *s1, const FcChar8 *s2);
Description
Returns the usual <0, 0, >0 result of comparing s1 and s2.
FcStrCmpIgnoreCase
Name
FcStrCmpIgnoreCase -- compare UTF-8 strings ignoring case
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
int FcStrCmpIgnoreCase(const FcChar8 *s1, const FcChar8 *s2);
Description
Returns the usual <0, 0, >0 result of comparing s1 and s2. This
test is case-insensitive for all proper UTF-8 encoded strings.
FcStrStr
Name
FcStrStr -- locate UTF-8 substring
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcStrStr(const FcChar8 *s1, const FcChar8 *s2);
Description
Returns the location of s2 in s1. Returns NULL if s2 is not
present in s1. This test will operate properly with UTF8
encoded strings.
FcStrStrIgnoreCase
Name
FcStrStrIgnoreCase -- locate UTF-8 substring ignoring ASCII
case
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcStrStrIgnoreCase(const FcChar8 *s1, const FcChar8
*s2);
Description
Returns the location of s2 in s1, ignoring case. Returns NULL
if s2 is not present in s1. This test is case-insensitive for
all proper UTF-8 encoded strings.
FcStrPlus
Name
FcStrPlus -- concatenate two strings
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcStrPlus(const FcChar8 *s1, const FcChar8 *s2);
Description
This function allocates new storage and places the
concatenation of s1 and s2 there, returning the new string.
FcStrFree
Name
FcStrFree -- free a string
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
void FcStrFree(FcChar8 *s);
Description
This is just a wrapper around free(3) which helps track memory
usage of strings within the fontconfig library.
FcStrDirname
Name
FcStrDirname -- directory part of filename
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcStrDirname(const FcChar8 *file);
Description
Returns the directory containing file. This is returned in
newly allocated storage which should be freed when no longer
needed.
FcStrBasename
Name
FcStrBasename -- last component of filename
Synopsis
#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
FcChar8 * FcStrBasename(const FcChar8 *file);
Description
Returns the filename of file stripped of any leading directory
names. This is returned in newly allocated storage which should
be freed when no longer needed.
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