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fafontload(3W)

fm_load(3W)

FAFONTACTIVATE(3W)

Series 300 and 500 Only

NAME

fafontactivate −  activate a fast alpha font

SYNOPSIS

int fafontactivate(gfd,fontid);
int gfd, fontid;

DESCRIPTION

gfd is an integer file descriptor for an gopened device interface. 

fontid
is the id of the font to activate.

DISCUSSION

This routine sets the specified font as the currently active font for the current window device.  The specified font must be one which was previously made available by fafontload or fm_load. 

HARDWARE DEPENDENCIES

Series 500:
Fast alpha routines do not support HP-15 (2-byte) fonts on Series 500.

SEE ALSO

fafontload(3W), fm_load(3W). 

DIAGNOSTICS

A value of -1 is returned if gfd or fontid is invalid, or a call to fainit was never executed on this gfd.  See errno(2) for further information. 

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