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From: isler@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (Sylvia-Kay Isler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.open-look,visix.news.xcons.xpert
Subject: How does one enlarge & interpret size info for fonts in x/openlook?
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Date: 26 Jan 91 05:24:45 GMT
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I am writing an openlook application that should make it possible for
the user to choose fonts of various sizes (i.e. 9pt, 72pt, etc) and
display them on a canvas.

I have a couple of questions:

1) How does one translate the size information given in a font data
   structure such as :
   
   -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-77-iso8859-1

   into point sizes (9pt...etc)?

2) How can one enlarge a font to a given point size?


Thank you,

Sylvia Isler
isler@grad1.cis.upenn.edu