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.TH "mfont_parse_name" 3m17n "15 Oct 2009" "" "Version 1.5.5" "" "The m17n Library" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mfont_parse_name \- Create a font by parsing a fontname. 


.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBMFont\fP*
\fBmfont_parse_name\fP (const char *
\fIname\fP, \fBMSymbol\fP
\fIformat\fP)


.SH DESCRIPTION
Create a font by parsing a fontname. 
.PP
The
.ft B
mfont_parse_name()
.ft R
function creates a new font object. The properties are extracted fontname
.ft B
name\fP.
.ft R
.PP
\fBformat
.ft R
specifies the format of
.ft B
name\fP.
.ft R
If
.ft B
format
.ft R
is
.ft B
Mx\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
name
.ft R
is parsed as XLFD (X Logical Font Description). If
.ft B
format
.ft R
is
.ft B
Mfontconfig\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
name
.ft R
is parsed as Fontconfig's textual representation of font. If
.ft B
format
.ft R
is
.ft B
Mnil\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
name
.ft R
is at first parsed as XLFD, and it it fails, parsed as Fontconfig's representation.
.PP
.SH RETURN VALUE
.PP
.RS 4
If the operation was successful, this function returns a pointer to the created font. Otherwise it returns
.ft C
NULL\fP.
.ft R
.RE
.PP

.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001 Information\-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
.br
Copyright (C) 2001\-2009 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
.br
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License 
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.
