# FontMeta

The **FontMeta** object is retrieved from the [**Metadata**](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](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd145037\(v=vs.85\).aspx).

| 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.                                   |
