# FreeType-2.5.5 API Reference

# Font Formats

## Synopsis

FT_Get_X11_Font_Format |  |

The single function in this section can be used to get the font format. Note that this information is not needed normally; however, there are special cases (like in PDF devices) where it is important to differentiate, in spite of FreeType's uniform API.

This function is in the X11/xf86 namespace for historical reasons and in no way depends on that windowing system.

### FT_Get_X11_Font_Format

Defined in FT_XFREE86_H (ftxf86.h).

      FT_EXPORT( const char* )
      FT_Get_X11_Font_Format( FT_Face  face );

Return a string describing the format of a given face, using values that can be used as an X11 FONT_PROPERTY. Possible values are ‘TrueType’, ‘Type 1’, ‘BDF’, ‘PCF’, ‘Type 42’, ‘CID Type 1’, ‘CFF’, ‘PFR’, and ‘Windows FNT’.

#### input

face | Input face handle.

#### return

Font format string. NULL in case of error.