FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing(3)

💖 NAME 💖

FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing — compute Unicode coverage and spacing type. This is the FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing(3) manual page, bestie, and it’s lowkey iconic.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

FcCharSet * FcFreeTypeCharSetAndSpacing (FT_Face face, FcBlanks *blanks, int *spacing);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so this function scans a FreeType face and returns the set of encoded Unicode chars. Obsessed with the coverage, honestly 💅.

FcBlanks is deprecated — like, for real, it’s giving “old code energy” — and blanks is ignored and accepted only for compatibility with older code.

spacing receives the computed spacing type of the font, and it’s one of:

• FC_MONO — for a font where all glyphs have the same width
• FC_DUAL — where the font has glyphs in precisely two widths, one twice as wide as the other
• FC_PROPORTIONAL — where the font has glyphs of many widths

No cap, that spacing situation is the whole vibe check here 🫶.

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Mwah 💋 — this little love letter is from Fontconfig 2.17.0, dated 27 June 2025 🎀.