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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="harfbuzz-hb-blob.top_of_page"></a>hb-blob</span></h2>
-<p>hb-blob</p>
+<p>hb-blob — Binary data containers</p>
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<a name="harfbuzz-hb-blob.object-hierarchy"></a><h2>Object Hierarchy</h2>
-<pre class="screen"> <a href="/home/behdad/.local/share/gtk-doc/html/gobject/gobject-Boxed-Types.html">GBoxed</a>
+<pre class="screen"> <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gobject/gobject-Boxed-Types.html">GBoxed</a>
<span class="lineart">╰──</span> hb_blob_t
- <a href="/home/behdad/.local/share/gtk-doc/html/gobject/gobject-Enumeration-and-Flag-Types.html">GEnum</a>
+ <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gobject/gobject-Enumeration-and-Flag-Types.html">GEnum</a>
<span class="lineart">╰──</span> hb_memory_mode_t
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+<a name="harfbuzz-hb-blob.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2>
+<pre class="synopsis">#include <hb.h>
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<a name="harfbuzz-hb-blob.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
+<p>Blobs wrap a chunk of binary data to handle lifecycle management of data
+while it is passed between client and HarfBuzz. Blobs are primarily used
+to create font faces, but also to access font face tables, as well as
+pass around other binary data.</p>
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<a name="hb-blob-create-from-file.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> A hb_blob_t pointer with the content of the file</p>
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-<p class="since">Since: 1.7.7</p>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-1-7-7.html#api-index-1.7.7">1.7.7</a></p>
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<a name="hb-blob-copy-writable-or-fail.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> New blob, or nullptr if allocation failed.</p>
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-<p class="since">Since: 1.8.0</p>
+<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-1-8-0.html#api-index-1.8.0">1.8.0</a></p>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>length</p></td>
-<td class="parameter_description"><p>output length of the writable data. </p></td>
+<td class="parameter_description"><p> output length of the writable data. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full."><span class="acronym">out</span></acronym>]</span></td>
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<a name="hb-blob-get-data-writable.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
-<p>Writable blob data,
+<p> Writable blob data,
or <code class="literal">NULL</code> if failed. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Don't free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer none</span></acronym>][<acronym title="Parameter points to an array of items."><span class="acronym">array</span></acronym> length=length]</span></p>
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<p>See TODO:link object types for more information.</p>
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<a name="hb-blob-get-empty.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
-<p>the empty blob. </p>
+<p> the empty blob. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-0-9-2.html#api-index-0.9.2">0.9.2</a></p>
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