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From: sane!genmri!doug@crdgw1.ge.com (Doug Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: point size query for Sun fonts
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Date: 22 Mar 91 19:07:33 GMT
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    XLoadQueryFont works on such names, but I am at a loss to understand what
    size one gets that way, or how one might specify a particular point size.

From the "X11/NeWS Version 2 Server Guide," p. 35:

    Using OpenFonts with the X11 Protocol

    X11 can access the OpenFonts scaling technology through an enhanced
    version of the X Logical Font Description (XLFD) protocol.  The XLFD
    gives numeric values for pixel size, point size, resolution, and
    maximum width.  Since these variables have an indefinite range of
    values for a scalable font, these fonts are reported (through xlsfonts
    or the XListFonts() request) as having 0 in these fields.  To use them,
    take the reported name and replace the pixel size or the point size
    field with the desired value.  Note that the point size argument is in
    decipoints, and it takes precedence if both values are supplied.

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Doug Becker
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