[cairo] Font-related question...

Behdad Esfahbod behdad at behdad.org
Thu Mar 21 16:49:11 PDT 2013


On 13-03-21 07:23 PM, Philip Schneider wrote:
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> 
> // Can get the font pointer, if need be..
> testFont = cairo_get_scaled_font(cr);

Correct.  "if need be" is key.  Most of the time you don't need it.  Cairo
does all kinds of caching for you.  The reason cairo_scaled_font_create()
exists is to be able to create scaled fonts even when you don't have a surface
at hand.

behdad


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