---
name: "Font::FreeType::NamedInfo"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfont-freetype-perl"
version: "0.16-3+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Font::FreeType::NamedInfo"
---

# Font::FreeType::NamedInfo(3pm)

information from 'names table' in font file

## NAME

Font::FreeType::NamedInfo - information from 'names table' in font file

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Font::FreeType;
    my $freetype = Font::FreeType->new;
    my $face = $freetype->face('Vera.ttf');
    my $infos = $face->namedinfos;
    if($infos && @$infos) {
      say $_->string for(@$infos);
    }
```

## DESCRIPTION

The TrueType and OpenType specifications allow the inclusion of a special *names table* in font files. This table contains textual (and internationalized) information regarding the font, like family name, copyright, version, etc.

Possible values for *platform\_id*, *encoding\_id*, *language\_id*, and *name\_id* are given in the file *ttnameid.h* from FreeType distribution. For details please refer to the TrueType or OpenType specification.

## METHODS

- platform\_id

  - encoding\_id

  - language\_id

  - name\_id

  - string

  The *name* string. Note that its format differs depending on the (platform,\
    encoding) pair. It can be a Pascal String, a UTF-16 one, etc.

  Generally speaking, the string is not zero-terminated. Please refer to the TrueType specification for details.