Function

CGFontGetUnitsPerEm

Returns the number of glyph space units per em for the provided font.

Declaration

int CGFontGetUnitsPerEm(CGFontRef font);

Parameters

font: A font object.

Return Value

The number of glyph space units per em for the provided font.

See Also

Getting Font Information

CGFontGetTypeID

Returns the Core Foundation type identifier for Core Graphics fonts.

CGFontCopyVariationAxes

Returns an array of the variation axis dictionaries for a font.

CGFontCopyVariations

Returns the variation specification dictionary for a font.

CGFontCopyFullName

Returns the full name associated with a font object.

CGFontGetAscent

Returns the ascent of a font.

CGFontGetDescent

Returns the descent of a font.

CGFontGetLeading

Returns the leading of a font.

CGFontGetCapHeight

Returns the cap height of a font.

CGFontGetXHeight

Returns the x-height of a font.

CGFontGetFontBBox

Returns the bounding box of a font.

CGFontGetItalicAngle

Returns the italic angle of a font.

CGFontGetStemV

Returns the thickness of the dominant vertical stems of glyphs in a font.

CGFontGetGlyphBBoxes

Get the bounding box of each glyph in an array.

CGFontGetGlyphWithGlyphName

Returns the glyph for the glyph name associated with the specified font object.

CGFontCopyGlyphNameForGlyph

Returns the glyph name of the specified glyph in the specified font.

CGFontGetNumberOfGlyphs

Returns the number of glyphs in a font.

CGFontGetGlyphAdvances

Gets the advance width of each glyph in the provided array.

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