Pango.Font
Description: Reference for Pango.Font

### Class

# PangoFont

#### Description [src]

    abstract class Pango.Font : GObject.Object {
      parent_instance: GObject
    }

A `PangoFont` is used to represent a font in a rendering-system-independent manner.

#### Ancestors

- GObject

#### Functions

###### pango_font_descriptions_free

Frees an array of font descriptions.

#### Instance methods

###### pango_font_describe

Returns a description of the font, with font size set in points.

###### pango_font_describe_with_absolute_size

Returns a description of the font, with absolute font size set in device units.

Available since: 1.14

###### pango_font_get_coverage

Computes the coverage map for a given font and language tag.

###### pango_font_get_face

Gets the `PangoFontFace` to which `font` belongs.

Available since: 1.46

###### pango_font_get_features

Obtain the OpenType features that are provided by the font.

Available since: 1.44

###### pango_font_get_font_map

Gets the font map for which the font was created.

Available since: 1.10

###### pango_font_get_glyph_extents

Gets the logical and ink extents of a glyph within a font.

###### pango_font_get_hb_font

Get a `hb_font_t` object backing this font.

Available since: 1.44

###### pango_font_get_languages

Returns the languages that are supported by `font`.

Available since: 1.50

###### pango_font_get_metrics

Gets overall metric information for a font.

###### pango_font_has_char

Returns whether the font provides a glyph for this character.

Available since: 1.44

###### pango_font_serialize

Serializes the `font` in a way that can be uniquely identified.

Available since: 1.50

##### Methods inherited from GObject (43)

Please see GObject for a full list of methods.

#### Signals

##### Signals inherited from GObject (1)

###### GObject.Object::notify

The notify signal is emitted on an object when one of its properties has its value set through g_object_set_property(), g_object_set(), et al.

#### Class structure

    struct PangoFontClass {
      GObjectClass parent_class;
      PangoFontDescription* (* describe) (
        PangoFont* font
      );
      PangoCoverage* (* get_coverage) (
        PangoFont* font,
        PangoLanguage* language
      );
      void (* get_glyph_extents) (
        PangoFont* font,
        PangoGlyph glyph,
        PangoRectangle* ink_rect,
        PangoRectangle* logical_rect
      );
      PangoFontMetrics* (* get_metrics) (
        PangoFont* font,
        PangoLanguage* language
      );
      PangoFontMap* (* get_font_map) (
        PangoFont* font
      );
      PangoFontDescription* (* describe_absolute) (
        PangoFont* font
      );
      void (* get_features) (
        PangoFont* font,
        hb_feature_t* features,
        guint len,
        guint* num_features
      );
      hb_font_t* (* create_hb_font) (
        PangoFont* font
      );

    }

###### Class members

`parent_class` |
    GObjectClass
| No description available.
`describe` |
    PangoFontDescription* (* describe) (
        PangoFont* font
      )
| No description available.
`get_coverage` |
    PangoCoverage* (* get_coverage) (
        PangoFont* font,
        PangoLanguage* language
      )
| No description available.
`get_glyph_extents` |
    void (* get_glyph_extents) (
        PangoFont* font,
        PangoGlyph glyph,
        PangoRectangle* ink_rect,
        PangoRectangle* logical_rect
      )
| No description available.
`get_metrics` |
    PangoFontMetrics* (* get_metrics) (
        PangoFont* font,
        PangoLanguage* language
      )
| No description available.
`get_font_map` |
    PangoFontMap* (* get_font_map) (
        PangoFont* font
      )
| No description available.
`describe_absolute` |
    PangoFontDescription* (* describe_absolute) (
        PangoFont* font
      )
| No description available.
`get_features` |
    void (* get_features) (
        PangoFont* font,
        hb_feature_t* features,
        guint len,
        guint* num_features
      )
| No description available.
`create_hb_font` |
    hb_font_t* (* create_hb_font) (
        PangoFont* font
      )
| No description available.

#### Virtual methods

###### Pango.FontClass.create_hb_font

No description available.

###### Pango.FontClass.describe

Returns a description of the font, with font size set in points.

###### Pango.FontClass.describe_absolute

No description available.

###### Pango.FontClass.get_coverage

Computes the coverage map for a given font and language tag.

###### Pango.FontClass.get_features

Obtain the OpenType features that are provided by the font.

Available since: 1.44

###### Pango.FontClass.get_font_map

Gets the font map for which the font was created.

Available since: 1.10

###### Pango.FontClass.get_glyph_extents

Gets the logical and ink extents of a glyph within a font.

###### Pango.FontClass.get_metrics

Gets overall metric information for a font.