Function

CTFontGetBoundingBox

Returns the scaled bounding box of the given font.

Declaration

CGRect CTFontGetBoundingBox(CTFontRef font);

Parameters

font: The font reference.

Return Value

The design bounding box of the font, which is the rectangle defined by xMin, yMin, xMax, and yMax values for the font. Returns CGRectNull on error.

See Also

Getting Font Metrics

CTFontGetAscent

Returns the scaled font-ascent metric of the given font.

CTFontGetDescent

Returns the scaled font-descent metric of the given font.

CTFontGetLeading

Returns the scaled font-leading metric of the given font.

CTFontGetUnitsPerEm

Returns the units-per-em metric of the given font.

CTFontGetGlyphCount

Returns the number of glyphs of the given font.

CTFontGetUnderlinePosition

Returns the scaled underline position of the given font.

CTFontGetUnderlineThickness

Returns the scaled underline-thickness metric of the given font.

CTFontGetSlantAngle

Returns the slant angle of the given font.

CTFontGetCapHeight

Returns the cap-height metric of the given font.

CTFontGetXHeight

Returns the x-height metric of the given font.

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