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FreeType Fonts

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Font support for FreeType

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The FreeType font backend is primarily used to render text on GNU/Linux
systems, but can be used on other platforms too.
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<listitem>#cairo_font_face_t</listitem>
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<!-- ##### MACRO CAIRO_HAS_FT_FONT ##### -->
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Defined if the FreeType font backend is available.
This macro can be used to conditionally compile backend-specific code.
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<!-- ##### MACRO CAIRO_HAS_FC_FONT ##### -->
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Defined if the Fontconfig-specific functions of the FreeType font backend
are available.
This macro can be used to conditionally compile backend-specific code.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_ft_font_face_create_for_ft_face ##### -->
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@face: 
@load_flags: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_ft_font_face_create_for_pattern ##### -->
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@pattern: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_ft_font_options_substitute ##### -->
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@options: 
@pattern: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_ft_scaled_font_lock_face ##### -->
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@scaled_font: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION cairo_ft_scaled_font_unlock_face ##### -->
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@scaled_font: 


