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1311 <p><a href="https://www.freetype.org">FreeType</a> » <a href="../">Docs</a> » <a href="index.html#support-api">Support API</a> » Quick retrieval of advance values</p>
1313 <h1 id="quick-retrieval-of-advance-values">Quick retrieval of advance values<a class="headerlink" href="#quick-retrieval-of-advance-values" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h1>
1314 <h2 id="synopsis">Synopsis<a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>
1315 <p>This section contains functions to quickly extract advance values without handling glyph outlines, if possible.</p>
1316 <h2 id="ft_get_advance">FT_Get_Advance<a class="headerlink" href="#ft_get_advance" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>
1317 <p>Defined in FT_ADVANCES_H (freetype/ftadvanc.h).</p>
1318 <div class = "codehilite"><pre><code> FT_EXPORT( <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#ft_error">FT_Error</a> )
1319 <b>FT_Get_Advance</b>( <a href="ft2-face_creation.html#ft_face">FT_Face</a> face,
1320 <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#ft_uint">FT_UInt</a> gindex,
1321 <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#ft_int32">FT_Int32</a> load_flags,
1322 <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#ft_fixed">FT_Fixed</a> *padvance );
1325 <p>Retrieve the advance value of a given glyph outline in an <code><a href="ft2-face_creation.html#ft_face">FT_Face</a></code>.</p>
1327 <table class="fields">
1328 <tr><td class="val" id="face">face</td><td class="desc">
1329 <p>The source <code><a href="ft2-face_creation.html#ft_face">FT_Face</a></code> handle.</p>
1331 <tr><td class="val" id="gindex">gindex</td><td class="desc">
1332 <p>The glyph index.</p>
1334 <tr><td class="val" id="load_flags">load_flags</td><td class="desc">
1335 <p>A set of bit flags similar to those used when calling <code><a href="ft2-glyph_retrieval.html#ft_load_glyph">FT_Load_Glyph</a></code>, used to determine what kind of advances you need.</p>
1340 <table class="fields">
1341 <tr><td class="val" id="padvance">padvance</td><td class="desc">
1342 <p>The advance value. If scaling is performed (based on the value of <code>load_flags</code>), the advance value is in 16.16 format. Otherwise, it is in font units.</p>
1343 <p>If <code><a href="ft2-glyph_retrieval.html#ft_load_xxx">FT_LOAD_VERTICAL_LAYOUT</a></code> is set, this is the vertical advance corresponding to a vertical layout. Otherwise, it is the horizontal advance in a horizontal layout.</p>
1349 <p>FreeType error code. 0 means success.</p>
1352 <p>This function may fail if you use <code><a href="ft2-quick_advance.html#ft_advance_flag_fast_only">FT_ADVANCE_FLAG_FAST_ONLY</a></code> and if the corresponding font backend doesn't have a quick way to retrieve the advances.</p>
1353 <p>A scaled advance is returned in 16.16 format but isn't transformed by the affine transformation specified by <code><a href="ft2-sizing_and_scaling.html#ft_set_transform">FT_Set_Transform</a></code>.</p>
1356 <h2 id="ft_get_advances">FT_Get_Advances<a class="headerlink" href="#ft_get_advances" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>
1357 <p>Defined in FT_ADVANCES_H (freetype/ftadvanc.h).</p>
1358 <div class = "codehilite"><pre><code> FT_EXPORT( <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#ft_error">FT_Error</a> )
1359 <b>FT_Get_Advances</b>( <a href="ft2-face_creation.html#ft_face">FT_Face</a> face,
1360 <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#ft_uint">FT_UInt</a> start,
1361 <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#ft_uint">FT_UInt</a> count,
1362 <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#ft_int32">FT_Int32</a> load_flags,
1363 <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#ft_fixed">FT_Fixed</a> *padvances );
1366 <p>Retrieve the advance values of several glyph outlines in an <code><a href="ft2-face_creation.html#ft_face">FT_Face</a></code>.</p>
1368 <table class="fields">
1369 <tr><td class="val" id="face">face</td><td class="desc">
1370 <p>The source <code><a href="ft2-face_creation.html#ft_face">FT_Face</a></code> handle.</p>
1372 <tr><td class="val" id="start">start</td><td class="desc">
1373 <p>The first glyph index.</p>
1375 <tr><td class="val" id="count">count</td><td class="desc">
1376 <p>The number of advance values you want to retrieve.</p>
1378 <tr><td class="val" id="load_flags">load_flags</td><td class="desc">
1379 <p>A set of bit flags similar to those used when calling <code><a href="ft2-glyph_retrieval.html#ft_load_glyph">FT_Load_Glyph</a></code>.</p>
1384 <table class="fields">
1385 <tr><td class="val" id="padvance">padvance</td><td class="desc">
1386 <p>The advance values. This array, to be provided by the caller, must contain at least <code>count</code> elements.</p>
1387 <p>If scaling is performed (based on the value of <code>load_flags</code>), the advance values are in 16.16 format. Otherwise, they are in font units.</p>
1388 <p>If <code><a href="ft2-glyph_retrieval.html#ft_load_xxx">FT_LOAD_VERTICAL_LAYOUT</a></code> is set, these are the vertical advances corresponding to a vertical layout. Otherwise, they are the horizontal advances in a horizontal layout.</p>
1394 <p>FreeType error code. 0 means success.</p>
1397 <p>This function may fail if you use <code><a href="ft2-quick_advance.html#ft_advance_flag_fast_only">FT_ADVANCE_FLAG_FAST_ONLY</a></code> and if the corresponding font backend doesn't have a quick way to retrieve the advances.</p>
1398 <p>Scaled advances are returned in 16.16 format but aren't transformed by the affine transformation specified by <code><a href="ft2-sizing_and_scaling.html#ft_set_transform">FT_Set_Transform</a></code>.</p>
1401 <h2 id="ft_advance_flag_fast_only">FT_ADVANCE_FLAG_FAST_ONLY<a class="headerlink" href="#ft_advance_flag_fast_only" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>
1402 <p>Defined in FT_ADVANCES_H (freetype/ftadvanc.h).</p>
1403 <div class = "codehilite"><pre><code>#<span class="keyword">define</span> <b>FT_ADVANCE_FLAG_FAST_ONLY</b> 0x20000000L
1406 <p>A bit-flag to be OR-ed with the <code>flags</code> parameter of the <code><a href="ft2-quick_advance.html#ft_get_advance">FT_Get_Advance</a></code> and <code><a href="ft2-quick_advance.html#ft_get_advances">FT_Get_Advances</a></code> functions.</p>
1407 <p>If set, it indicates that you want these functions to fail if the corresponding hinting mode or font driver doesn't allow for very quick advance computation.</p>
1408 <p>Typically, glyphs that are either unscaled, unhinted, bitmapped, or light-hinted can have their advance width computed very quickly.</p>
1409 <p>Normal and bytecode hinted modes that require loading, scaling, and hinting of the glyph outline, are extremely slow by comparison.</p>
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