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<h1>FreeType-2.5.5 API Reference</h1>

<h1>SFNT Names</h1>
<h2>Synopsis</h2>
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<tr><td><a href="#FT_SfntName">FT_SfntName</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count">FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#FT_Get_Sfnt_Name">FT_Get_Sfnt_Name</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_FAMILY">FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_FAMILY</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_SUBFAMILY">FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_SUBFAMILY</a></td></tr>
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<p>The TrueType and OpenType specifications allow the inclusion of a special &lsquo;names table&rsquo; 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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<h3 id="FT_SfntName">FT_SfntName</h3>
<p>Defined in FT_SFNT_NAMES_H (ftsnames.h).</p>
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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 &lsquo;name&rsquo; table entry.</p>

<h4>fields</h4>
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<tr><td class="val" id="platform_id">platform_id</td><td class="desc">
<p>The platform ID for &lsquo;string&rsquo;.</p>
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<tr><td class="val" id="encoding_id">encoding_id</td><td class="desc">
<p>The encoding ID for &lsquo;string&rsquo;.</p>
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<tr><td class="val" id="language_id">language_id</td><td class="desc">
<p>The language ID for &lsquo;string&rsquo;.</p>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="val" id="name_id">name_id</td><td class="desc">
<p>An identifier for &lsquo;string&rsquo;.</p>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="val" id="string">string</td><td class="desc">
<p>The &lsquo;name&rsquo; 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>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="val" id="string_len">string_len</td><td class="desc">
<p>The length of &lsquo;string&rsquo; in bytes.</p>
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<h4>note</h4>
<p>Possible values for &lsquo;platform_id&rsquo;, &lsquo;encoding_id&rsquo;, &lsquo;language_id&rsquo;, and &lsquo;name_id&rsquo; are given in the file &lsquo;ttnameid.h&rsquo;. 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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<h3 id="FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count">FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count</h3>
<p>Defined in FT_SFNT_NAMES_H (ftsnames.h).</p>
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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 &lsquo;name&rsquo; table.</p>

<h4>input</h4>
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<tr><td class="val" id="face">face</td><td class="desc">
<p>A handle to the source face.</p>
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<h4>return</h4>
<p>The number of strings in the &lsquo;name&rsquo; table.</p>

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<h3 id="FT_Get_Sfnt_Name">FT_Get_Sfnt_Name</h3>
<p>Defined in FT_SFNT_NAMES_H (ftsnames.h).</p>
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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 &lsquo;name&rsquo; table for a given index.</p>

<h4>input</h4>
<table class="fields">
<tr><td class="val" id="face">face</td><td class="desc">
<p>A handle to the source face.</p>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="val" id="idx">idx</td><td class="desc">
<p>The index of the &lsquo;name&rsquo; string.</p>
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<h4>output</h4>
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<tr><td class="val" id="aname">aname</td><td class="desc">
<p>The indexed <a href="ft2-sfnt_names.html#FT_SfntName">FT_SfntName</a> structure.</p>
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<h4>return</h4>
<p>FreeType error code. 0&nbsp;means success.</p>

<h4>note</h4>
<p>The &lsquo;string&rsquo; array returned in the &lsquo;aname&rsquo; 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 &lsquo;name&rsquo; table entries, then do a loop until you get the right platform, encoding, and name ID.</p>

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<h3 id="FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_FAMILY">FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_FAMILY</h3>
<p>Defined in FT_SFNT_NAMES_H (ftsnames.h).</p>
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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 &lsquo;name&rsquo; table since OpenType version 1.4. For backwards compatibility with legacy systems that have a 4-face-per-family restriction.</p>

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<h3 id="FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_SUBFAMILY">FT_PARAM_TAG_IGNORE_PREFERRED_SUBFAMILY</h3>
<p>Defined in FT_SFNT_NAMES_H (ftsnames.h).</p>
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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 &lsquo;name&rsquo; table since OpenType version 1.4. For backwards compatibility with legacy systems that have a 4-face-per-family restriction.</p>

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