Pango.Font.get_metrics

### Method

# Pango.Font.get_metrics

#### Declaration [src]

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

#### Description [src]

Gets overall metric information for a font.

Since the metrics may be substantially different for different scripts, a language tag can be provided to indicate that the metrics should be retrieved that correspond to the script(s) used by that language.

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

#### Parameters

`language` | `PangoLanguage`
| language tag used to determine which script to get the metrics for, or `NULL` to indicate to get the metrics for the entire font.
| Can be `NULL`
| Ownership is not transferred to the callee

#### Return value

Returns: `PangoFontMetrics`
a `PangoFontMetrics` object. The caller must call `pango_font_metrics_unref()` when finished using the object.
Ownership of the data is transferred to the caller