PLGFONT(3plplot)

💅 PLGFONT(3plplot) — like, the PLplot API, bestie 🎀

okay so real talk, this is page PLGFONT(3plplot) from the PLplot API and it's literally about peeking at your font's whole personality. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

plgfont — get family, style and weight of the current font

like, it interrogates your font. respectfully. 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

plgfont(p_family, p_style, p_weight)

that's it. three lil args. she's lowkey minimal. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So plgfont gets information about the current font. simple as that. if you wanna know more about how font selection works, the PLplot documentation has you covered — go read it, it's giving reference material 👑

Redacted form: plgfont(p_family, p_style, p_weight)

This function is used in example 23. (yes, that example. iconic behavior honestly 🌟)

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p_family (PLINT_NC_SCALAR(3plplot), output) — returns the current font family value. the available values live in the PL_FCI_* constants in plplot.h. current options are PL_FCI_SANS, PL_FCI_SERIF, PL_FCI_MONO, PL_FCI_SCRIPT and PL_FCI_SYMBOL. and if p_family is NULL then the font family just... doesn't get returned. no family for you 🙈
• p_style (PLINT_NC_SCALAR(3plplot), output) — returns the current font style value. again, the available values are given by the PL_FCI_* constants in plplot.h. current options are PL_FCI_UPRIGHT, PL_FCI_ITALIC and PL_FCI_OBLIQUE. if p_style is NULL then the font style is not returned. slay but make it conditional 💀
• p_weight (PLINT_NC_SCALAR(3plplot), output) — returns the current font weight value. same deal, the available values come from the PL_FCI_* constants in plplot.h. current options are PL_FCI_MEDIUM and PL_FCI_BOLD. if p_weight is NULL then the font weight is not returned. sometimes u just don't wanna know how bold she is 😭

fr fr bestie, those NULL cases are your escape hatch — pass NULL for anything you don't care about and it just won't be filled in. no cap, no error, just vibes. 💜

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

Many developers (who are credited at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/credits.php) have contributed to PLplot over its long history.

like, a lot of people. an entire ensemble cast. main character energy across the board 🌈🫶

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/documentation.php.

go click it, it's literally right there 🦋

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that's the whole page bestie, go forth and font-check responsibly ✨💅

sign-off szn 🎀 — this page is PLGFONT(3plplot), dated August, 2026, and it came to you straight from the PLplot API. mwah 💖