~~Title: FontMeta ~~
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The **FontMeta** object is retrieved from the **[[metadata|Metadata]].font** property. It provides access to metadata relating to font files. The fields in this object correspond to those in the Windows SDK **LOGFONT** structure; further information about their meaning can be found on the [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd145037(v=vs.85).aspx|MSDN website]].


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$$ Property Name
$$ Return Type
$$ Description
$$ charset
$$ //int//
$$ The character set.
$$ clipprecision
$$ //int//
$$ The clipping precision.
$$ escapement
$$ //int//
$$ The angle, in tenths of degrees, between the escapement vector and the x-axis of the device.
$$ fontname
$$ //string//
$$ The typeface name of the font.
$$ height
$$ //int//
$$ The height, in logical units, of the font's character cell or character.
$$ italic
$$ //bool//
$$ An italic font if set to **True**.
$$ orientation
$$ //int//
$$ The angle, in tenths of degrees, between each character's base line and the x-axis of the device.
$$ outprecision
$$ //int//
$$ The output precision.
$$ pitchandfamily
$$ //int//
$$ The pitch and family of the font.
$$ quality
$$ //int//
$$ The output quality.
$$ strikeout
$$ //bool// 
$$ A strikeout font if set to **True**.
$$ underline
$$ //bool//
$$ An underlined font if set to **True**.
$$ weight
$$ //int//
$$ The weight of the font in the range 0 through 1000.
$$ width
$$ //int//
$$ The average width, in logical units, of characters in the font.
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