Fontconfig Developers Reference, Version 2.12.1 Copyright © 2002 Keith Packard Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of the author(s) not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission. The authors make no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. THE AUTHOR(S) DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. _______________________________________________ Table of Contents DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW Datatypes FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTION Fontconfig is a library designed to provide system-wide font configuration, customization and application access. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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 ---------------------------------------------------- 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 __________________________________________________________ Datatypes Fontconfig uses abstract data types to hide internal implementation details for most data structures. A few structures are exposed where appropriate. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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; __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ FcType Tags the kind of data stored in an FcValue. __________________________________________________________ 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 * __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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'. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________________ FcAtomic Used for locking access to configuration files. Provides a safe way to update configuration files. __________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________ FUNCTIONS These are grouped by functionality, often using the main data type being manipulated. __________________________________________________________ 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 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 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 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 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 int FcGetVersion(void); Description Returns the version number of the library. FcInitReinitialize Name FcInitReinitialize -- re-initialize library Synopsis #include 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 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. __________________________________________________________ FcPattern Table of Contents FcPatternCreate -- Create a pattern FcPatternDuplicate -- Copy a pattern FcPatternReference -- Increment pattern reference count FcPatternDestroy -- Destroy a pattern 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 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 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 FcPattern * FcPatternCreate(void); Description Creates a pattern with no properties; used to build patterns from scratch. FcPatternDuplicate Name FcPatternDuplicate -- Copy a pattern Synopsis #include 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 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 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. FcPatternEqual Name FcPatternEqual -- Compare patterns Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. FcPatternGet Name FcPatternGet -- Return a value from a pattern Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 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. FcPatternPrint Name FcPatternPrint -- Print a pattern for debugging Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 __________________________________________________________ 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 FcFontSet * FcFontSetCreate(void); Description Creates an empty font set. FcFontSetDestroy Name FcFontSetDestroy -- Destroy a font set Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 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 FcFontSetSortDestroy(FcFontSet *set); Description This function is DEPRECATED. FcFontSetSortDestroy destroys set by calling FcFontSetDestroy. Applications should use FcFontSetDestroy directly instead. __________________________________________________________ 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 FcObjectSet * FcObjectSetCreate(void); Description Creates an empty set. FcObjectSetAdd Name FcObjectSetAdd -- Add to an object set Synopsis #include 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 void FcObjectSetDestroy(FcObjectSet *os); Description Destroys an object set. FcObjectSetBuild Name FcObjectSetBuild, FcObjectSetVaBuild, FcObjectSetVapBuild -- Build object set from args Synopsis #include 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. __________________________________________________________ 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) 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 #include 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 #include FcCharSet * FcFreeTypeCharSet(FT_Face face, FcBlanks *blanks); Description Scans a FreeType face and returns the set of encoded Unicode chars. This scans several encoding tables to build as complete a list as possible. If 'blanks' is not 0, the glyphs in the font are examined and any blank glyphs not in 'blanks' are not placed in the returned FcCharSet. FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing Name FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing -- compute Unicode coverage and spacing type Synopsis #include #include FcCharSet * FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing(FT_Face face, FcBlanks *blanks, int *spacing); Description Scans a FreeType face and returns the set of encoded Unicode chars. This scans several encoding tables to build as complete a list as possible. If 'blanks' is not 0, the glyphs in the font are examined and any blank glyphs not in 'blanks' are not placed in the returned FcCharSet. 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 #include FcPattern * FcFreeTypeQuery(const FcChar8 *file, int id, FcBlanks *blanks, int *count); Description Constructs a pattern representing the 'id'th font in 'file'. The number of fonts in 'file' is returned in 'count'. FcFreeTypeQueryFace Name FcFreeTypeQueryFace -- compute pattern from FT_Face Synopsis #include #include 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). __________________________________________________________ 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 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 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 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 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. __________________________________________________________ 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 FcCharSet * FcCharSetCreate(void); Description FcCharSetCreate allocates and initializes a new empty character set object. FcCharSetDestroy Name FcCharSetDestroy -- Destroy a character set Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 FcChar32 FcCharSetCount(const FcCharSet *a); Description Returns the total number of Unicode chars in a. FcCharSetIntersectCount Name FcCharSetIntersectCount -- Intersect and count charsets Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 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 FcCharSet * FcCharSetNew(void); Description FcCharSetNew is a DEPRECATED alias for FcCharSetCreate. __________________________________________________________ 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 FcLangSet * FcLangSetCreate(void); Description FcLangSetCreate creates a new FcLangSet object. FcLangSetDestroy Name FcLangSetDestroy -- destroy a langset object Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 FcStrSet * FcLangSetGetLangs(const FcLangSet *ls); Description Returns a string set of all languages in langset. FcGetLangs Name FcGetLangs -- Get list of languages Synopsis #include FcStrSet * FcGetLangs(void); Description Returns a string set of all known languages. FcLangNormalize Name FcLangNormalize -- Normalize the language string Synopsis #include 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 const FcCharSet * FcLangGetCharSet(const FcChar8 *lang); Description Returns the FcCharMap for a language. __________________________________________________________ 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 void FcMatrixInit(FcMatrix *matrix); Description FcMatrixInit initializes matrix to the identity matrix. FcMatrixCopy Name FcMatrixCopy -- Copy a matrix Synopsis #include void FcMatrixCopy(const FcMatrix *matrix); Description FcMatrixCopy allocates a new FcMatrix and copies mat into it. FcMatrixEqual Name FcMatrixEqual -- Compare two matrices Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 __________________________________________________________ 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 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 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 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 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 FcBool FcRangeGetDouble(const FcRange *range, double *begin, double *end); Description Returns in begin and end as the range. Since version 2.11.91 __________________________________________________________ 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 FcConfigGetSysRoot -- Obtain the system root directory FcConfigSetSysRoot -- Set the system root directory 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 FcConfig * FcConfigCreate(void); Description Creates an empty configuration. FcConfigReference Name FcConfigReference -- Increment config reference count Synopsis #include 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 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 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 FcConfig * FcConfigGetCurrent(void); Description Returns the current default configuration. FcConfigUptoDate Name FcConfigUptoDate -- Check timestamps on config files Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 FcBlanks * FcConfigGetBlanks(FcConfig *config); Description Returns the FcBlanks object associated with the given configuration, if no blanks were present in the configuration, this function will return 0. The returned FcBlanks object if not NULL, is valid as long as the owning FcConfig is alive. If config is NULL, the current configuration is used. FcConfigGetRescanInterval Name FcConfigGetRescanInterval -- Get config rescan interval Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. FcConfigGetSysRoot Name FcConfigGetSysRoot -- Obtain the system root directory Synopsis #include 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 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 __________________________________________________________ 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 FcBool FcNameRegisterObjectTypes(const FcObjectType *types, int ntype); Description Deprecated. Does nothing. Returns FcFalse. FcNameUnregisterObjectTypes Name FcNameUnregisterObjectTypes -- Unregister object types Synopsis #include FcBool FcNameUnregisterObjectTypes(const FcObjectType *types, int ntype); Description Deprecated. Does nothing. Returns FcFalse. FcNameGetObjectType Name FcNameGetObjectType -- Lookup an object type Synopsis #include const FcObjectType * FcNameGetObjectType(const char *object); Description Return the object type for the pattern element named object. __________________________________________________________ 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 FcBool FcNameRegisterConstants(const FcConstant *consts, int nconsts); Description Deprecated. Does nothing. Returns FcFalse. FcNameUnregisterConstants Name FcNameUnregisterConstants -- Unregister symbolic constants Synopsis #include FcBool FcNameUnregisterConstants(const FcConstant *consts, int nconsts); Description Deprecated. Does nothing. Returns FcFalse. FcNameGetConstant Name FcNameGetConstant -- Lookup symbolic constant Synopsis #include 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 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. __________________________________________________________ FcWeight Table of Contents 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. FcWeightFromOpenType Name FcWeightFromOpenType -- Convert from OpenType weight values to fontconfig ones Synopsis #include int FcWeightFromOpenType(intot_weight); Description FcWeightFromOpenType returns an integer value to use with FC_WEIGHT, from an integer 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 interpolates between various FC_WEIGHT_* constants. As such, the returned value does not necessarily match any of the predefined constants. Since version 2.11.91 FcWeightToOpenType Name FcWeightToOpenType -- Convert from fontconfig weight values to OpenType ones Synopsis #include int FcWeightToOpenType(intot_weight); Description FcWeightToOpenType 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 2.11.91 __________________________________________________________ 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. FcBlanksCreate Name FcBlanksCreate -- Create an FcBlanks Synopsis #include FcBlanks * FcBlanksCreate(void); Description Creates an empty FcBlanks object. FcBlanksDestroy Name FcBlanksDestroy -- Destroy and FcBlanks Synopsis #include void FcBlanksDestroy(FcBlanks *b); Description Destroys an FcBlanks object, freeing any associated memory. FcBlanksAdd Name FcBlanksAdd -- Add a character to an FcBlanks Synopsis #include FcBool FcBlanksAdd(FcBlanks *b, FcChar32 ucs4); Description Adds a single character to an FcBlanks object, returning FcFalse if this process ran out of memory. FcBlanksIsMember Name FcBlanksIsMember -- Query membership in an FcBlanks Synopsis #include FcBool FcBlanksIsMember(FcBlanks *b, FcChar32 ucs4); Description Returns whether the specified FcBlanks object contains the indicated Unicode value. __________________________________________________________ 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 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 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 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 FcChar8 * FcAtomicOrigFile(FcAtomic *atomic); Description Returns the file referenced by atomic. FcAtomicReplaceOrig Name FcAtomicReplaceOrig -- replace original with new Synopsis #include 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 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 void FcAtomicUnlock(FcAtomic *atomic); Description Unlocks the file. FcAtomicDestroy Name FcAtomicDestroy -- destroy an FcAtomic object Synopsis #include void FcAtomicDestroy(FcAtomic *atomic); Description Destroys atomic. __________________________________________________________ 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. __________________________________________________________ FcCache routines Table of Contents 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 -- This tries to clean up the cache directory of cache_dir. This returns FcTrue if the operation is successfully complete. otherwise FcFalse. FcCacheCreateTagFile -- Create CACHEDIR.TAG at cache directory. 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 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 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 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 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 int FcCacheNumFont(const FcCache *cache); Description This returns the number of fonts which would be included in the return from FcCacheCopySet. FcDirCacheClean Name FcDirCacheClean -- This tries to clean up the cache directory of cache_dir. This returns FcTrue if the operation is successfully complete. otherwise FcFalse. Synopsis #include FcBool FcDirCacheClean(const FcChar8 *cache_dir, FcBoolverbose); Description Since version 2.9.91 FcCacheCreateTagFile Name FcCacheCreateTagFile -- Create CACHEDIR.TAG at cache directory. Synopsis #include 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 __________________________________________________________ FcStrSet and FcStrList Table of Contents 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 FcStrSet * FcStrSetCreate(void); Description Create an empty set. FcStrSetMember Name FcStrSetMember -- check set for membership Synopsis #include 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 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 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 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 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 void FcStrSetDestroy(FcStrSet *set); Description Destroys set. FcStrListCreate Name FcStrListCreate -- create a string iterator Synopsis #include FcStrList * FcStrListCreate(FcStrSet *set); Description Creates an iterator to list the strings in set. FcStrListFirst Name FcStrListFirst -- get first string in iteration Synopsis #include 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 FcChar8 * FcStrListNext(FcStrList *list); Description Returns the next string in list. FcStrListDone Name FcStrListDone -- destroy a string iterator Synopsis #include void FcStrListDone(FcStrList *list); Description Destroys the enumerator list. __________________________________________________________ String utilities Table of Contents 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.