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cairo_font_face_t

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Base class for font faces

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#cairo_font_face_t represents a particular font at a particular weight,
slant, and other characteristic but no size, transformation, or size.
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Font faces are created using <firstterm>font-backend</firstterm>-specific
constructors, typically of the form
cairo_<emphasis>backend</emphasis>_font_face_create(),
or implicitly using the <firstterm>toy</firstterm> text API by way of
cairo_select_font_face().  The resulting face can be accessed using
cairo_get_font_face().
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem>#cairo_scaled_font_t</listitem>
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<!-- ##### TYPEDEF cairo_font_face_t ##### -->
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_font_face_reference ##### -->
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@font_face: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_font_face_destroy ##### -->
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@font_face: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_font_face_status ##### -->
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@font_face: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### ENUM cairo_font_type_t ##### -->
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@CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_TOY: 
@CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_FT: 
@CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_WIN32: 
@CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_QUARTZ: 
@CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_USER: 

<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_font_face_get_type ##### -->
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@font_face: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_font_face_get_reference_count ##### -->
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@font_face: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_font_face_set_user_data ##### -->
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@font_face: 
@key: 
@user_data: 
@destroy: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_font_face_get_user_data ##### -->
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@font_face: 
@key: 
@Returns: 


