# FreeType-2.3.4 API Reference

# SFNT Names

## Synopsis

| FT_SfntName |  | FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count |  | FT_Get_Sfnt_Name

The TrueType and OpenType specification allow the inclusion of a special ‘names table’ in font files. This table contains textual (and internationalized) information regarding the font, like family name, copyright, version, etc. The definitions below are used to access them if available. Note that this has nothing to do with glyph names!

#### FT_SfntName

      typedef struct  FT_SfntName_
      {
        FT_UShort  platform_id;
        FT_UShort  encoding_id;
        FT_UShort  language_id;
        FT_UShort  name_id;

        FT_Byte*   string;      /* this string is *not* null-terminated! */
        FT_UInt    string_len;  /* in bytes */

      } FT_SfntName;

A structure used to model an SFNT ‘name’ table entry.

fields

platform_id | The platform ID for ‘string’.
encoding_id | The encoding ID for ‘string’.
language_id | The language ID for ‘string’.
name_id | An identifier for ‘string’.
string | The ‘name’ string. Note that its format differs depending on the (platform,encoding) pair. It can be a Pascal String, a UTF-16 one, etc. Generally speaking, the string is not zero-terminated. Please refer to the TrueType specification for details.
string_len | The length of ‘string’ in bytes.

note
Possible values for ‘platform_id’, ‘encoding_id’, ‘language_id’, and ‘name_id’ are given in the file ‘ttnameid.h’. For details please refer to the TrueType or OpenType specification. See also TT_PLATFORM_XXX, TT_APPLE_ID_XXX, TT_MAC_ID_XXX, TT_ISO_ID_XXX, and TT_MS_ID_XXX.

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#### FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count

      FT_EXPORT( FT_UInt )
      FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count( FT_Face  face );

Retrieves the number of name strings in the SFNT ‘name’ table.

input

face | A handle to the source face.

return
The number of strings in the ‘name’ table.

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#### FT_Get_Sfnt_Name

      FT_EXPORT( FT_Error )
      FT_Get_Sfnt_Name( FT_Face       face,
                        FT_UInt       idx,
                        FT_SfntName  *aname );

Retrieves a string of the SFNT ‘name’ table for a given index.

input

face | A handle to the source face.
idx | The index of the ‘name’ string.

output

aname | The indexed FT_SfntName structure.

return
FreeType error code. 0 means success.

note
The ‘string’ array returned in the ‘aname’ structure is not null-terminated. Use FT_Get_Sfnt_Name_Count to get the total number of available ‘name’ table entries, then do a loop until you get the right platform, encoding, and name ID.

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