PS_FINDFONT(3)PS_FINDFONT(3)
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UWE STEINMANN 2003Uwe SteinmannJune 27, 2004;
NAMEPS_findfont — Loads a font
SYNOPSIS
#include <pslib.h>
int PS_findfont(PSDoc *psdoc, const char *fontname, const char *encod‐
ing, int embed)
DESCRIPTION
Loads a font for later use. Before text is output with a loaded
font it must be set with PS_setfont(3). This function needs
the adobe font metric file in order to calculate the
space used up by the characters. A font which is loaded
within a page will only be available on that page. Fonts
which are to be used in the complete document has to be
loaded before the first call of PS_begin_page(3). Calling
PS_findfont(3) between pages will make that font avail‐
able for all following pages.
PS_findfont will try to load the file passed in the parameter
encoding. Encoding files are of the same
syntax as those used by dvips(1). They contain
a font encoding vector (which is currently not used but
must be present) and a list of extra ligatures to extend
the list of ligatures derived from the afm file.
encoding can be NULL or the empty string if the default
encoding (TeXBase1) schall be used.
If the encoding is set to `builtin' then there will be no
reencoding and the font specific encoding will be used. This is
very useful with symbol fonts.
All files will first be searched in the current directory and
than in the directories set by the parameter `SearchPath`.
RETURN VALUE
Returns the identifier of the font or zero in case of an error.
The identifier is a positiv number.
SEE ALSOPS_setfont(3), PS_begin_page(3)AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.cx>.
PS_FINDFONT(3)
