dlQueryRasterFont

dlQueryRasterFont(
t_fontName
) 
=> l_fontProperties / nil

Returns the font property list for the raster font.

t_fontName

Name of a font, which can be:

An X logical font descriptor (XLFD) such as "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-12-*" and "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-14-*”.
A standard alias name such as "6x13" or "fixed".
A font type such as "text", "ciw", "label", "error", or "help". When a font type is specified, the default font name used in IC6.1.6 or previous releases is used as shown below:
font type font name
------ ---------
text -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-12-*
ciw -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-12-*
label -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*
error -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*
help -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-14-*

l_fontProperties	A disembodied Property List (DPL) with same properties as that returned by the hiQueryFont SKILL function.
`nil`	Font cannot be found.

Retrieves the font property list of the XLFD "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-12-*"

dlQueryRasterFont("-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-12-*")

(nil fontName "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-12-*" fontAscent 10

fontDescent 3 fontHeight 13 fontWidth

7 minFontWidth 7 maxFontWidth 7

Retrieves the font property list of the font type label.

dlQueryRasterFont("label")

(nil fontName "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*" fontAscent 11

fontDescent 3 fontHeight 14 fontWidth

7 minFontWidth 2 maxFontWidth 12