IDWriteFontFace::GetMetrics method (dwrite.h)

Obtains design units and common metrics for the font face. These metrics are applicable to all the glyphs within a font face and are used by applications for layout calculations.

Syntax

void GetMetrics(
  [out] DWRITE_FONT_METRICS *fontFaceMetrics
);

Parameters

[out] fontFaceMetrics

Type: DWRITE_FONT_METRICS*

When this method returns, a DWRITE_FONT_METRICS structure that holds metrics (such as ascent, descent, or cap height) for the current font face element. The metrics returned by this function are in font design units.

Return value

None

Requirements

See also

IDWriteFontFace