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From: garfinke@hpfcda.HP.COM (Dan Garfinkel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11 font names
Message-ID: <1250009@hpfcdan.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Nov 90 16:50:11 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO
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> Does anyone have a way to find the name (i.e. family name, 
> size, bold or italic, etc.) of a font given an XFontStruct?

> I can't find that info anywhere on the structure or 
> on the properties list.


The name of the font is usually stored in the XA_FONT property.  This is
a convension and not a rule.  To get the name of the font back, run through
the properties list looking for (name == XA_FONT).  The "card32" is an 
atom which is the name of the font.  To get the name string, call XGetAtomName.

-Dan