Gets the font family ID for a specified font family name.

void GetFNum (
    ConstStr255Param name, 
    SInt16 *familyID
);

Parameter descriptions

name

The font family name.

familyID

On output, a pointer to the font family ID for the font family specified in name. If the font specified in the parameter name does not exist, the font family ID contains 0.

AVAILABILITY

Not recommended in Carbon. Available in Carbon 1.0.2 and later when running Mac OS 8.1 or later.

CARBON NOTES

You should instead use FMGetFontFamilyFromName.

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