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SFNT Names
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
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<tr><td></td><td><a href="#FT_SfntName">FT_SfntName</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td><a href="#FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count">FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td><a href="#FT_Get_Sfnt_Name">FT_Get_Sfnt_Name</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td><a href="#FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_FAMILY">FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_FAMILY</a></td></tr>
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<p>The TrueType and OpenType specifications allow the inclusion of a special ‘names table’ in font files. This table contains textual (and internationalized) information regarding the font, like family name, copyright, version, etc.</p>
<p>The definitions below are used to access them if available.</p>
<p>Note that this has nothing to do with glyph names!</p>
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<h4><a name="FT_SfntName">FT_SfntName</a></h4>
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Defined in FT_SFNT_NAMES_H (freetype/ftsnames.h).
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<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">struct</span> FT_SfntName_
{
<a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_UShort">FT_UShort</a> platform_id;
<a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_UShort">FT_UShort</a> encoding_id;
<a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_UShort">FT_UShort</a> language_id;
<a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_UShort">FT_UShort</a> name_id;
<a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_Byte">FT_Byte</a>* string; /* this string is *not* null-terminated! */
<a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_UInt">FT_UInt</a> string_len; /* in bytes */
} <b>FT_SfntName</b>;
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<p>A structure used to model an SFNT ‘name’ table entry.</p>
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<tr valign=top><td><b>platform_id</b></td><td>
<p>The platform ID for ‘string’.</p>
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<tr valign=top><td><b>encoding_id</b></td><td>
<p>The encoding ID for ‘string’.</p>
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<tr valign=top><td><b>language_id</b></td><td>
<p>The language ID for ‘string’.</p>
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<tr valign=top><td><b>name_id</b></td><td>
<p>An identifier for ‘string’.</p>
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<tr valign=top><td><b>string</b></td><td>
<p>The ‘name’ string. Note that its format differs depending on the (platform,encoding) pair. It can be a Pascal String, a UTF-16 one, etc.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, the string is not zero-terminated. Please refer to the TrueType specification for details.</p>
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<tr valign=top><td><b>string_len</b></td><td>
<p>The length of ‘string’ in bytes.</p>
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<p>Possible values for ‘platform_id’, ‘encoding_id’, ‘language_id’, and ‘name_id’ are given in the file ‘ttnameid.h’. For details please refer to the TrueType or OpenType specification.</p>
<p>See also <a href="ft2-truetype_tables.html#TT_PLATFORM_XXX">TT_PLATFORM_XXX</a>, <a href="ft2-truetype_tables.html#TT_APPLE_ID_XXX">TT_APPLE_ID_XXX</a>, <a href="ft2-truetype_tables.html#TT_MAC_ID_XXX">TT_MAC_ID_XXX</a>, <a href="ft2-truetype_tables.html#TT_ISO_ID_XXX">TT_ISO_ID_XXX</a>, and <a href="ft2-truetype_tables.html#TT_MS_ID_XXX">TT_MS_ID_XXX</a>.</p>
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<h4><a name="FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count">FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count</a></h4>
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Defined in FT_SFNT_NAMES_H (freetype/ftsnames.h).
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FT_EXPORT( <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_UInt">FT_UInt</a> )
<b>FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count</b>( <a href="ft2-base_interface.html#FT_Face">FT_Face</a> face );
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<p>Retrieve the number of name strings in the SFNT ‘name’ table.</p>
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<tr valign=top><td><b>face</b></td><td>
<p>A handle to the source face.</p>
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<p>The number of strings in the ‘name’ table.</p>
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<h4><a name="FT_Get_Sfnt_Name">FT_Get_Sfnt_Name</a></h4>
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Defined in FT_SFNT_NAMES_H (freetype/ftsnames.h).
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FT_EXPORT( <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_Error">FT_Error</a> )
<b>FT_Get_Sfnt_Name</b>( <a href="ft2-base_interface.html#FT_Face">FT_Face</a> face,
<a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_UInt">FT_UInt</a> idx,
<a href="ft2-sfnt_names.html#FT_SfntName">FT_SfntName</a> *aname );
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<p>Retrieve a string of the SFNT ‘name’ table for a given index.</p>
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<tr valign=top><td><b>face</b></td><td>
<p>A handle to the source face.</p>
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<tr valign=top><td><b>idx</b></td><td>
<p>The index of the ‘name’ string.</p>
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<p>The indexed <a href="ft2-sfnt_names.html#FT_SfntName">FT_SfntName</a> structure.</p>
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<p>FreeType error code. 0 means success.</p>
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<p>The ‘string’ array returned in the ‘aname’ structure is not null-terminated. The application should deallocate it if it is no longer in use.</p>
<p>Use <a href="ft2-sfnt_names.html#FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count">FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count</a> to get the total number of available ‘name’ table entries, then do a loop until you get the right platform, encoding, and name ID.</p>
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<h4><a name="FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_FAMILY">FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_FAMILY</a></h4>
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Defined in FT_SFNT_NAMES_H (freetype/ftsnames.h).
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#define <b>FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_FAMILY</b> <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_MAKE_TAG">FT_MAKE_TAG</a>( 'i', 'g', 'p', 'f' )
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<p>A constant used as the tag of <a href="ft2-base_interface.html#FT_Parameter">FT_Parameter</a> structures to make FT_Open_Face() ignore preferred family subfamily names in ‘name’ table since OpenType version 1.4. For backwards compatibility with legacy systems which has 4-face-per-family restriction.</p>
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Defined in FT_SFNT_NAMES_H (freetype/ftsnames.h).
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#define <b>FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_SUBFAMILY</b> <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_MAKE_TAG">FT_MAKE_TAG</a>( 'i', 'g', 'p', 's' )
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<p>A constant used as the tag of <a href="ft2-base_interface.html#FT_Parameter">FT_Parameter</a> structures to make FT_Open_Face() ignore preferred subfamily names in ‘name’ table since OpenType version 1.4. For backwards compatibility with legacy systems which has 4-face-per-family restriction.</p>
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