FcFreeTypeCharIndex(3)

FcFreeTypeCharIndex3

Map unicode to glyph id

Usage

#include <fontconfig.h> #include <fcfreetype.h>

FT_UInt FcFreeTypeCharIndex (FT_Face face, FcChar32 ucs4);

Overview

Maps a Unicode char to a glyph index. This function uses information from several possible underlying encoding tables to work around broken fonts. As a result, this function isn't designed to be used in performance sensitive areas; results from this function are intended to be cached by higher level functions.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8–9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. Arch

From fontconfig 2:2.18.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.