PANOSE

The Panose field in the font metrics will allow for quantitative descriptions of the visual properties of font faces. The PANOSE definition contains ten digits, each of which currently describes up to sixteen variations.

Type

BYTE  bFamilyType;
BYTE  bSerifStyle;
BYTE  bWeight;
BYTE  bProportion;
BYTE  bContrast;
BYTE  bStrokeVariation;
BYTE  bArmStyle;
BYTE  bLetterform;
BYTE  bMidline;
BYTE  bXHeight;
BYTE  fbPassedISO;
BYTE  fbFailedISO;

C Declaration Method

typedef struct

Fields

bFamilyType

Family kind.

0 Any

1 No Fit

2 Text and Display

3 Script

4 Decorative

5 Pictorial

bSerifStyle

Serif style.

0 Any

1 No Fit

2 Cove

3 Obtuse Cove

4 Square Cove

5 Obtuse Square Cove

6 Square

7 Thin

8 Bone

9 Exaggerated

10 Triangle

11 Normal Sans

12 Obtuse Sans

13 Perp Sans

14 Flared

15 Rounded

bWeight

Weight.

0 Any

1 No Fit

2 Very Light

3 Light

4 Thin

5 Book

6 Medium

7 Demi

8 Bold

9 Heavy

10 Black

11 Nord

bProportion

Proportion.

0 Any

1 No Fit

2 Old Style

3 Modern

4 Even Width

5 Expanded

6 Condensed

7 Very Expanded

8 Very Condensed

9 Monospaced

bContrast

Contrast.

0 Any

1 No Fit

2 None

3 Very Low

4 Low

5 Medium Low

6 Medium

7 Medium High

8 High

9 Very High

bStrokeVariation

Stroke Variation.

0 Any

1 No Fit

2 Gradual/Diagonal

3 Gradual/Transitional

4 Gradual/Vertical

5 Gradual/Horizontal

6 Rapid/Vertical

7 Rapid/Horizontal

8 Instant/Vertical

bArmStyle

Arm Style.

0 Any

1 No Fit

2 Straight Arms/Horizontal

3 Straight Arms/Wedge

4 Straight Arms/Vertical

5 Straight Arms/Single Serif

6 Straight Arms/Double Serif

7 Non-Straight Arms/Horizontal

8 Non-Straight Arms/Wedge

9 Non-Straight Arms/Vertical

10 Non-Straight Arms/Single Serif

11 Non-Straight Arms/Double Serif

bLetterform

Letterform.

0 Any

1 No Fit

2 Normal/Contact

3 ONormal/Weighted

4 ONormal/Boxed

5 ONormal/Flattened

6 ONormal/Rounded

7 ONormal/Off Center

8 ONormal/Square

9 Oblique/Contact

10 Oblique/Weighted

11 Oblique/Boxed

12 Oblique/Flattened

13 Oblique/Rounded

14 Oblique/Off Center

15 Oblique/Square

bMidline

Midline.

0 Any

1 No Fit

2 Standard/Trimmed

3 Standard/Pointed

4 Standard/Serifed

5 High/Trimmed

6 High/Pointed

7 High/Serifed

8 Constant/Trimmed

9 Constant/Pointed

10 Constant/Serifed

11 Low/Trimmed

12 Low/Pointed

13 Low/Serifed

bXHeight

X-Height.

0 Any

1 No Fit

2 Constant/Small

3 Constant/Standard

4 Constant/Large

5 Ducking/Small

6 Ducking/Standard

7 Ducking/Large

fbPassedISO

Font passed ISO test.

The following flags indicate those displays and resolutions at which the font complied with ISO 9241:

FM_ISO_9518_640

FM_ISO_9515_640

FM_ISO_9515_1024

FM_ISO_9517_640

FM_ISO_9517_1024

fbFailedISO

Font failed ISO test.

The following flags indicate those displays and resolutions at which the font did not comply with ISO 9241:

FM_ISO_9518_640

FM_ISO_9515_640

FM_ISO_9515_1024

FM_ISO_9517_640

FM_ISO_9517_1024

Example Code

typedef struct _PANOSE {
  BYTE     bFamilyType;       /*  Family kind. */
  BYTE     bSerifStyle;       /*  Serif style. */
  BYTE     bWeight;           /*  Weight. */
  BYTE     bProportion;       /*  Proportion. */
  BYTE     bContrast;         /*  Contrast. */
  BYTE     bStrokeVariation;  /*  Stroke Variation. */
  BYTE     bArmStyle;         /*  Arm Style. */
  BYTE     bLetterform;       /*  Letterform. */
  BYTE     bMidline;          /*  Midline. */
  BYTE     bXHeight;          /*  X-Height. */
  BYTE     fbPassedISO;       /*  Font passed ISO test. */
  BYTE     fbFailedISO;       /*  Font failed ISO test. */
} PANOSE;

typedef   PANOSE   * PPANOSE ;