The FontMeta object is retrieved from the 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 MSDN website.

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.