PANOSE

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