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# QFontEngineInfo Class Reference

The QFontEngineInfo class describes a specific font provided by a font engine plugin. More...

     #include <QFontEngineInfo>

This class is under development and is subject to change.

This class was introduced in Qt 4.3.

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Properties

- family : QString
- pixelSize : qreal
- style : QFont::Style

- weight : int
- writingSystems : QList<QFontDatabase::WritingSystem>

## Public Functions

| QFontEngineInfo ()
| QFontEngineInfo ( const QString & family )
| QFontEngineInfo ( const QFontEngineInfo & other )
| ~QFontEngineInfo ()
QString | family () const
qreal | pixelSize () const
void | setFamily ( const QString & name )
void | setPixelSize ( qreal size )
void | setStyle ( QFont::Style style )
void | setWeight ( int weight )
void | setWritingSystems ( const QList<QFontDatabase::WritingSystem> & writingSystems )
QFont::Style | style () const
int | weight () const
QList<QFontDatabase::WritingSystem> | writingSystems () const
QFontEngineInfo & | operator= ( const QFontEngineInfo & other )

## Detailed Description

The QFontEngineInfo class describes a specific font provided by a font engine plugin.

QFontEngineInfo is used to describe a request of a font to a font engine plugin as well as to describe the actual fonts a plugin provides.

See also QAbstractFontEngine and QFontEnginePlugin.

## Property Documentation

### family : QString

the family name of the font

Access functions:

QString | family () const
void | setFamily ( const QString & name )

### pixelSize : qreal

the pixel size of the font

A pixel size of 0 represents a freely scalable font.

Access functions:

qreal | pixelSize () const
void | setPixelSize ( qreal size )

### style : QFont::Style

the style of the font

Access functions:

QFont::Style | style () const
void | setStyle ( QFont::Style style )

### weight : int

the weight of the font

The value should be from the QFont::Weight enumeration.

Access functions:

int | weight () const
void | setWeight ( int weight )

### writingSystems : QList<QFontDatabase::WritingSystem>

the writing systems supported by the font

An empty list means that any writing system is supported.

Access functions:

QList<QFontDatabase::WritingSystem> | writingSystems () const
void | setWritingSystems ( const QList<QFontDatabase::WritingSystem> & writingSystems )

## Member Function Documentation

### QFontEngineInfo::QFontEngineInfo ()

Constructs a new empty QFontEngineInfo.

### QFontEngineInfo::QFontEngineInfo ( const QString & family )

Constructs a new QFontEngineInfo with the specified family. The resulting object represents a freely scalable font with normal weight and style.

### QFontEngineInfo::QFontEngineInfo ( const QFontEngineInfo & other )

Creates a new font engine info object with the same attributes as other.

### QFontEngineInfo::~QFontEngineInfo ()

Destroys this QFontEngineInfo object.

### QFontEngineInfo & QFontEngineInfo::operator= ( const QFontEngineInfo & other )

Assigns other to this font engine info object, and returns a reference to this.