1XFontSetExtents(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS XFontSetExtents(3)
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6 XFontSetExtents - XFontSetExtents structure
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9 The XFontSetExtents structure contains:
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11 typedef struct {
12 XRectangle max_ink_extent; /* over all drawable characters */
13 XRectangle max_logical_extent; /* over all drawable characters */
14 } XFontSetExtents;
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16 The XRectangle structures used to return font set metrics are the usual
17 Xlib screen-oriented rectangles with x, y giving the upper left corner,
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20 The max_ink_extent member gives the maximum extent, over all drawable
21 characters, of the rectangles that bound the character glyph image
22 drawn in the foreground color, relative to a constant origin. See Xmb‐
23 TextExtents and XwcTextExtents for detailed semantics.
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25 The max_logical_extent member gives the maximum extent, over all draw‐
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27 other graphical features, relative to a constant origin. Other graphi‐
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31 area that must be allowed in a text field to draw a given number of
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36 character's individual extent.
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39 XCreateFontSet(3), XExtentsOfFontSet(3), XFontsOfFontSet(3)
40 Xlib - C Language X Interface
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44X Version 11 libX11 1.6.4 XFontSetExtents(3)