typedef enum  BDF_PropertyType_
  {
    BDF_PROPERTY_TYPE_NONE     = 0,
    BDF_PROPERTY_TYPE_ATOM     = 1,
    BDF_PROPERTY_TYPE_INTEGER  = 2,
    BDF_PROPERTY_TYPE_CARDINAL = 3

  } BDF_PropertyType;

A list of BDF property types.

  typedef struct BDF_PropertyRec_*  BDF_Property;

A handle to a BDF_PropertyRec structure to model a given BDF/PCF property.

  typedef struct  BDF_PropertyRec_
  {
    BDF_PropertyType  type;
    union {
      const char*     atom;
      FT_Int32        integer;
      FT_UInt32       cardinal;

    } u;

  } BDF_PropertyRec;

This structure models a given BDF/PCF property.

  FT_EXPORT( FT_Error )
  FT_Get_BDF_Charset_ID( FT_Face       face,
                         const char*  *acharset_encoding,
                         const char*  *acharset_registry );

Retrieve a BDF font character set identity, according to the BDF specification.

FreeType error code. 0 means success.

This function only works with BDF faces, returning an error otherwise.

  FT_EXPORT( FT_Error )
  FT_Get_BDF_Property( FT_Face           face,
                       const char*       prop_name,
                       BDF_PropertyRec  *aproperty );

Retrieve a BDF property from a BDF or PCF font file.

FreeType error code. 0 means success.

This function works with BDF and PCF fonts. It returns an error otherwise. It also returns an error if the property is not in the font.

A ‘property’ is a either key-value pair within the STARTPROPERTIES ... ENDPROPERTIES block of a BDF font or a key-value pair from the ‘info->props’ array within a ‘FontRec’ structure of a PCF font.

Integer properties are always stored as ‘signed’ within PCF fonts; consequently, BDF_PROPERTY_TYPE_CARDINAL is a possible return value for BDF fonts only.

In case of error, ‘aproperty->type’ is always set to BDF_PROPERTY_TYPE_NONE.