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.TH Xft 3 "Version 2.1.11" "Xft"
.SH NAME
 Xft \- X FreeType interface library
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Xft
is a simple library designed to interface the FreeType rasterizer with the X
Rendering Extension.
This manual page barely scratches the surface of this library.
.SH "HEADER FILE"
.B #include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
.SH CONSTANTS
.TP
.B XFT_MAJOR
is the major version number of
.BR Xft .
.TP
.B XFT_MINOR
is the minor version number of
.BR Xft .
.TP
.B XFT_REVISION
is the revision number of
.BR Xft .
.TP
.B XFT_VERSION
is
.B XFT_MAJOR
times 10000 (ten thousand), plus
.B XFT_MINOR
times 100, plus
.BR XFT_REVISION .
.TP
.B XftVersion
is an alias for
.BR XFT_VERSION .
.PP
The following example illustrates how
.BR Xft 's
version constants might be used:
.nf
    #if (XFT_VERSION >= 20107)
    (void) puts("Version 2.1.7 or later of the Xft library is in"
                " use.");
    #else
    (void) printf("Insufficient version of Xft (%d.%d.%d) installed;
                  " need at least version 2.1.7.\(rsn", XFT_MAJOR,
                  XFT_MINOR,
                  XFT_REVISION);
    #endif
.fi
.\" I don't understand what these are for.  -- BR, 2005-04-02
.\" XFT_CORE                used in xftname.c
.\" XFT_RENDER              used in xftdpy.c, xftfreetype.c, xftname.c
.\" XFT_XLFD                used in xftname.c, xftxlfd.c
.\" XFT_MAX_GLYPH_MEMORY    used in xftdpy.c, xftfreetype.c
.\" XFT_MAX_UNREF_FONTS     used in xftdpy.c
.\" XFT_NMISSING            used in xftcore.c, xftextent.c, xftglyphs.c,
.\"                                 xftrender.c
.SH "DATA TYPES"
.TP
.B XftFont
.nf
typedef struct _XftFont {
    int         ascent;
    int         descent;
    int         height;
    int         max_advance_width;
    FcCharSet   *charset;
    FcPattern   *pattern;
} XftFont;
.fi
An
.B XftFont
is the primary data structure of interest to programmers using
.BR Xft ;
it contains general font metrics and pointers to the Fontconfig
character set and pattern associated with the font.
The
.B FcCharSet
and
.B FcPattern
data types are defined by the Fontconfig library.
.TP
.B ""
.BR XftFont s
are populated with any of
.BR XftFontOpen (),
.BR XftFontOpenName (),
.BR XftFontOpenXlfd (),
.BR XftFontOpenInfo (),
or
.BR XftFontOpenPattern ().
.BR XftFontCopy ()
is used to duplicate
.BR XftFont s,
and
.BR XftFontClose ()
is used to mark an
.B XftFont
as unused.
.BR XftFont s
are internally allocated, reference-counted, and freed by
.BR Xft ;
the programmer does not ordinarily need to allocate or free storage
for them.
.TP
.B ""
.BR XftDrawGlyphs (),
the
.BR XftDrawString *()
family,
.BR XftDrawCharSpec (),
and
.BR XftDrawGlyphSpec ()
use
.BR XftFont s
to render text to an
.B XftDraw
object, which may correspond to either a core X drawable or an X
Rendering Extension drawable.
.TP
.B ""
.BR XftGlyphExtents ()
and the
.BR XftTextExtents *()
family are used to determine the extents (maximum dimensions) of an
.BR XftFont .
.TP
.B ""
An
.BR XftFont 's
glyph or character coverage can be determined with
.BR XftFontCheckGlyph ()
or
.BR XftCharExists ().
.BR XftCharIndex ()
returns the
.BR XftFont -specific
character index corresponding to a given Unicode codepoint.
.TP
.B ""
.BR XftGlyphRender (),
.BR XftGlyphSpecRender (),
.BR XftCharSpecRender (),
and the
.BR XftTextRender *()
family use
.BR XftFont s
to draw into X Rendering Extension
.B Picture
structures.
.B Note:
.BR XftDrawGlyphs (),
the
.BR XftDrawString *()
family,
.BR XftDrawCharSpec (),
and
.BR XftDrawGlyphSpec ()
provide a means of rendering fonts that is independent of the
availability of the X Rendering Extension on the X server.
.\" I'm not sure what these are for; they're used internally, but why
.\" would any external users want them?  -- BR, 2005-04-02
.\" .BR XftLockFace()
.\" .BR XftUnlockFace()
.TP
.B XftFontInfo
is an opaque object that stores information about a font.
.B XftFontInfo
structures are created with
.BR XftFontInfoCreate (),
freed with
.BR XftFontInfoDestroy (),
and compared with
.BR XftFontInfoEqual ().
.B XftFontInfo
objects are internally allocated and freed by
.BR Xft ;
the programmer does not ordinarily need to allocate or free storage
for them.
.TP
.B ""
Each
.B XftFontInfo
structure in use is associated with a unique identifier, which can be
retrieved with
.BR XftFontInfoHash ().
An
.B XftFont
can be opened based on
.B XftFontInfo
data with
.BR XftFontOpenInfo ().
.TP
.B XftColor
.nf
typedef struct _XftColor {
    unsigned long   pixel;
    XRenderColor    color;
} XftColor;
.fi
An
.B XftColor
object permits text and other items to be rendered in a particular
color (or the closest approximation offered by the X visual in use).
The
.B XRenderColor
data type is defined by the X Render Extension library.
.TP
.B ""
.BR XftColorAllocName ()
and
.BR XftColorAllocValue ()
request a color allocation from the X server (if necessary) and
initialize the members of
.BR XftColor .
.BR XftColorFree ()
instructs the X server to free the color currently allocated for an
.BR XftColor .
.TP
.B ""
One an
.B XftColor
has been initialized,
.BR XftDrawSrcPicture (),
.BR XftDrawGlyphs (),
the
.BR XftDrawString *()
family,
.BR XftDrawCharSpec (),
.BR XftDrawCharFontSpec (),
.BR XftDrawGlyphSpec (),
.BR XftDrawGlyphFontSpec (),
and
.BR XftDrawRect ()
may be used to draw various objects using it.
.TP
.B XftDraw
is an opaque object which holds information used to render to an X drawable
using either the core protocol or the X Rendering extension.
.TP
.B ""
.B XftDraw
objects are created with any of
.BR XftDrawCreate ()
(which associates an
.B XftDraw
with an existing X drawable),
.BR XftDrawCreateBitmap (),
or
.BR XftDrawCreateAlpha (),
and destroyed with
.BR XftDrawDestroy ().
The X drawable associated with an
.B XftDraw
can be changed with
.BR XftDrawChange ().
.BR XftDraw s
are internally allocated and freed by
.BR Xft ;
the programmer does not ordinarily need to allocate or free storage
for them.
.TP
.B ""
The X
.BR Display ,
.BR Drawable ,
.BR Colormap ,
and
.BR Visual
of an
.B XftDraw
can be queried with
.BR XftDrawDisplay (),
.BR XftDrawDrawable (),
.BR XftDrawColormap (),
and
.BR XftDrawVisual (),
respectively.
The X Rendering Extension
.B Picture
associated with an
.B XftDraw
is returned by
.BR XftDrawPicture ().
.\" XftDrawSrcPicture
.\" XftDrawGlyphs
.\" XftDrawString*
.\" XftDrawCharSpec
.\" XftDrawCharFontSpec
.\" XftDrawGlyphSpec
.\" XftDrawGlyphFontSpec
.\" XftDrawRect
.\" XftDrawSetClip
.\" XftDrawSetClipRectangles
.\" XftDrawSetSubwindowMode
.TP
.B XftCharSpec
.nf
typedef struct _XftCharSpec {
    FcChar32    ucs4;
    short       x;
    short       y;
} XftCharSpec;
.fi
.TP
.B ""
The
.B FcChar32
data type is defined by the Fontconfig library.
.\" XftDrawCharSpec
.\" XftCharSpecRender
.TP
.B XftCharFontSpec
.nf
typedef struct _XftCharFontSpec {
    XftFont     *font;
    FcChar32    ucs4;
    short       x;
    short       y;
} XftCharFontSpec;
.fi
.TP
.B ""
The
.B FcChar32
data type is defined by the Fontconfig library.
.\" XftDrawCharFontSpec
.\" XftCharFontSpecRender
.TP
.B XftGlyphSpec
.nf
typedef struct _XftGlyphSpec {
    FT_UInt     glyph;
    short       x;
    short       y;
} XftGlyphSpec;
.fi
.TP
.B ""
The
.B FT_UInt
data type is defined by the FreeType library.
.\" XftDrawGlyphSpec
.\" XftGlyphSpecRender
.TP
.B XftGlyphFontSpec
.nf
typedef struct _XftGlyphFontSpec {
    XftFont     *font;
    FT_UInt     glyph;
    short       x;
    short       y;
} XftGlyphFontSpec;
.fi
.TP
.B ""
The
.B FT_UInt
data type is defined by the FreeType library.
.\" XftDrawGlyphFontSpec
.\" XftGlyphFontSpecRender
.SH FUNCTIONS
.SS "Opening and Matching Fonts"
.nf
\fBXftFont *\fR
\fBXftFontOpen (Display *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB             int     \fIscreen\fB,\fR
\fB             ...);\fR\fR
.fi
.B XftFontOpen
takes a list of pattern element triples of the form
.IR field , " type" , " value"
(terminated with a NULL), matches that pattern against the available fonts,
and opens the matching font, sizing it correctly for screen number
.I screen
on display
.IR dpy .
The
.B Display
data type is defined by the X11 library.
Returns NULL if no match is found.
.PP
Example:
.nf
    font = XftFontOpen (dpy, screen,
                        XFT_FAMILY, XftTypeString, "charter",
                        XFT_SIZE, XftTypeDouble, 12.0,
                        NULL);
.fi
This opens the \(lqcharter\(rq font at 12 points.
The point size is automatically converted to the correct pixel size based
on the resolution of the monitor.
.PP
.nf
\fBXftFont *\fR
\fBXftFontOpenName (Display       *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB                 int           \fIscreen\fB,\fR
\fB                 unsigned char *\fIname\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftFontOpenName
behaves as
.B XftFontOpen
does, except that it takes a Fontconfig pattern string (which is passed to
the Fontconfig library's
.BR FcNameParse ()
function).
.PP
.nf
\fBXftFont *\fR
\fBXftFontOpenXlfd (Display       *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB                 int           \fIscreen\fB,\fR
\fB                 unsigned char *\fIxlfd\fB)\fR
.fi
.B XftFontOpenXlfd
behaves as
.B XftFontOpen
does, except that it takes a string containing an X Logical Font
Description (XLFD).
.PP
.nf
\fBFcPattern *\fR
\fBXftFontMatch (Display   *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB              int       \fIscreen\fB,\fR
\fB              FcPattern *\fIpattern\fB,\fR
\fB              FcResult  *\fIresult\fB);\fR
.fi
Also used internally by the
.BR XftFontOpen *
functions,
.B XftFontMatch
can also be used directly to determine the Fontconfig font pattern
resulting from an Xft font open request.
The
.B FcPattern
and
.B FcResult
data types are defined by the Fontconfig library.
.SS "Determining the Pixel Extents of a Text String"
.nf
\fBvoid\fR
\fBXftTextExtents8 (Display    *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB                 XftFont    *\fIfont\fB,\fR
\fB                 FcChar8    *\fIstring\fB,\fR
\fB                 int        \fIlen\fB,\fR
\fB                 XGlyphInfo *\fIextents\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftTextExtents8
computes the pixel extents on display
.I dpy
of no more than
.I len
glyphs of a
.I string
consisting of eight-bit characters when drawn with
.IR font ,
storing them in
.IR extents .
The
.B FcChar8
data type is defined by the Fontconfig library, and the
.B XGlyphInfo
data type is defined by the X Rendering Extension library.
.PP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR
\fBXftTextExtents16 (Display    *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB                  XftFont    *\fIfont\fB,\fR
\fB                  FcChar16   *\fIstring\fB,\fR
\fB                  int        \fIlen\fB,\fR
\fB                  XGlyphInfo *\fIextents\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftTextExtents16
computes the pixel extents on display
.I dpy
of no more than
.I len
glyphs of a
.I string
consisting of sixteen-bit characters when drawn with
.IR font ,
storing them in
.IR extents .
The
.B FcChar16
data type is defined by the Fontconfig library, and the
.B XGlyphInfo
data type is defined by the X Rendering Extension library.
.PP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR
\fBXftTextExtents32 (Display    *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB                  XftFont    *\fIfont\fB,\fR
\fB                  FcChar32   *\fIstring\fB,\fR
\fB                  int        \fIlen\fB,\fR
\fB                  XGlyphInfo *\fIextents\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftTextExtents32
computes the pixel extents on display
.I dpy
of no more than
.I len
glyphs of a
.I string
consisting of thirty-two-bit characters when drawn with
.IR font ,
storing them in
.IR extents .
The
.B FcChar32
data type is defined by the Fontconfig library, and the
.B XGlyphInfo
data type is defined by the X Rendering Extension library.
.PP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR
\fBXftTextExtentsUtf8 (Display    *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB                    XftFont    *\fIfont\fB,\fR
\fB                    FcChar8    *\fIstring\fB,\fR
\fB                    int        \fIlen\fB,\fR
\fB                    XGlyphInfo *\fIextents\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftTextExtentsUtf8
computes the pixel extents on display
.I dpy
of no more than
.I len
bytes of a UTF-8 encoded
.I string
when drawn with
.IR font ,
storing them in
.IR extents .
The
.B XGlyphInfo
data type is defined by the X Rendering Extension library.
.PP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR
\fBXftTextExtentsUtf16 (Display    *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB                     XftFont    *\fIfont\fB,\fR
\fB                     FcChar8    *\fIstring\fB,\fR
\fB                     FcEndian   \fIendian\fB,\fR
\fB                     int        \fIlen\fB,\fR
\fB                     XGlyphInfo *\fIextents\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftTextExtentsUtf16
computes the pixel extents on display
.I dpy
of no more than
.I len
bytes of a UTF-16LE- or UTF-16BE-encoded
.I string
when drawn with
.IR font ,
storing them in
.IR extents .
The endianness of
.I string
must be specified in
.IR endian .
The
.B FcEndian
data type is defined by the Fontconfig library, and the
.B XGlyphInfo
data type is defined by the X Rendering Extension library.
.PP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR
\fBXftGlyphExtents (Display    *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB                 XftFont    *\fIfont\fB,\fR
\fB                 FT_UInt    *\fIglyphs\fB,\fR
\fB                 int        \fInglyphs\fB,\fR
\fB                 XGlyphInfo *\fIextents\fB);\fR
.fi
Also used internally by the
.BR XftTextExtents *
functions,
.B XftGlyphExtents
computes the pixel extents on display
.I dpy
of no more than
.I nglyphs
in the array
.I glyphs
drawn with
.IR font ,
storing them in
.IR extents .
The
.B FT_UInt
data type is defined by the FreeType library, and the
.B XGlyphInfo
data type is defined by the X Rendering Extension library.
.SS "Drawing Strings (and Other Things)"
.nf
\fBXftDraw *\fR
\fBXftDrawCreate (Display  *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB               Drawable \fIdrawable\fB,\fR
\fB               Visual   *\fIvisual\fB,\fR
\fB               Colormap \fIcolormap\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawCreate
creates a structure that can be used to render text and rectangles using
the specified
.IR drawable ,
.IR visual ,
and
.I colormap
on
.IR display .
The
.BR Drawable ,
.BR Visual ,
and
.B Colormap
data types are defined by the X11 library.
.PP
.nf
\fBXftDraw *\fR
\fBXftDrawCreateBitmap (Display *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB                     Pixmap  \fIbitmap\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawCreateBitmap
behaves as
.BR XftDrawCreate ,
except it uses an X pixmap of color depth 1 instead of an X drawable.
The
.B Pixmap
data type is defined by the X11 library.
.PP
.nf
\fBXftDraw *\fR
\fBXftDrawCreateAlpha (Display *\fIdpy\fB,\fR
\fB                    Pixmap  \fIpixmap\fB,\fR
\fB                    int     \fIdepth\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawCreateAlpha
behaves as
.BR XftDrawCreate ,
except it uses an X pixmap of color depth
.I depth
instead of an X drawable.
The
.B Pixmap
data type is defined by the X11 library.
.PP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR
\fBXftDrawChange (XftDraw  *\fIdraw\fB,\fR
\fB               Drawable \fIdrawable\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawChange
changes the X drawable association of the existing Xft draw object
.I draw
from its current value to
.IR drawable .
.PP
.nf
\fBDisplay *\fR
\fBXftDrawDisplay (XftDraw *\fIdraw\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawDisplay
returns a pointer to the display associated with the Xft draw object
.IR draw .
.PP
.nf
\fBDrawable\fR
\fBXftDrawDrawable (XftDraw *\fIdraw\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawDrawable
returns the X drawable associated with the Xft draw object
.IR draw .
.PP
.nf
\fBColormap\fR
\fBXftDrawColormap (XftDraw *\fIdraw\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawColormap
returns the colormap associatied with the Xft draw object
.IR draw .
.PP
.nf
\fBVisual *\fR
\fBXftDrawVisual (XftDraw *\fIdraw\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawVisual
returns a pointer to the visual associated with the Xft draw object
.IR draw .
.PP
.nf
\fBPicture\fR
\fBXftDrawPicture (XftDraw *\fIdraw\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawPicture
returns the picture associated with the Xft draw object
.IR draw .
If the the X server does not support the X Rendering Extension, 0 is
returned.
.PP
.nf
\fBPicture\fR
\fBXftDrawSrcPicture (XftDraw *\fIdraw\fB,\fR
\fB                   XftColor *\fIcolor\fB);\fR
.fi
.\" Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure what this does.  I think it is the gizmo
.\" that is used to create an Xrender Picture object so that glyphs can be
.\" drawn in the XftDraw object
.\" .I draw
.\" using the specified
.\" .IR color .
.\" -- BR, 2005-04-02
This function is never called if the X server doesn't support the X
Rendering Extension; instead,
.B XftGlyphCore
is used.
.PP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR
\fBXftDrawDestroy (XftDraw *\fIdraw\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawDestroy
destroys
.I draw
(created by one of the
.B XftCreate
functions) and frees the memory that was allocated for it.
.PP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR
\fBXftDrawString8 (XftDraw         *\fId\fB,\fR
\fB                XRenderColor    *\fIcolor\fB,\fR
\fB                XftFont         *\fIfont\fB,\fR
\fB                int             \fIx\fB,\fR
\fB                int             \fIy\fB,\fR
\fB                unsigned char   *\fIstring\fB,\fR
\fB                int             \fIlen\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawString8
draws no more than
.I len
glyphs of
.I string
to Xft drawable
.I d
using
.I font
in
.I color
at position
.IR x , " y" .
The
.B XRenderColor
data type is defined by the X Rendering Extension library.
.PP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR
\fBXftDrawRect (XftDraw        *\fId\fB,\fR
\fB             XRenderColor   *\fIcolor\fB,\fR
\fB             int            \fIx\fB,\fR
\fB             int            \fIy\fB,\fR
\fB             unsigned int   \fIwidth\fB,\fR
\fB             unsigned int   \fIheight\fB);\fR
.fi
.B XftDrawRect
draws a solid rectangle of the specified
.IR color ,
.IR width ,
and
.I height
at position
.IR x , " y"
to Xft drawable
.IR d .
.SH COMPATIBILITY
As of version 2,
.B Xft
has become relatively stable and is expected to retain source and binary
compatibility in future releases.
.PP
.B Xft
does provide a compatibility interface to its previous major version,
Xft
.RI 1. x ,
described below.
.SS "Xft 1.x Compatibility Header File"
.B #include <X11/Xft/XftCompat.h>
.\" .SS "Xft 1.x Compatibility Constants"
.SS "Xft 1.x Compatibility Data Types"
.TP
.B XftPattern
holds a set of names with associated value lists; each name refers to a
property of a font.
.BR XftPattern s
are used as inputs to the matching code as well as holding information
about specific fonts.
.TP
.B XftFontSet
contains a list of
.BR XftPattern s.
Internally,
.B Xft
uses this data structure to hold sets of fonts.
Externally,
.B Xft
returns the results of listing fonts in this format.
.TP
.B XftObjectSet
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.
.\" .SS "Xft 1.x Compatibility Functions"
.SH AUTHOR
Keith Packard
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.I Fontconfig Developers Reference
.br
.I FreeType API Reference
.br
.I Xlib \- C Language Interface
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