---
name: "mdbFontSize"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "m17n-docs"
version: "1.8.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mdbFontSize"
---

# mdbFontSize(5)

Font Size

## NAME

mdbFontSize - Font Size

## DESCRIPTION

In some case, a font contains incorrect information about its size (typically in the case of a hacked TrueType font), which results in a bad text layout when such a font is used in combination with the other fonts. To overcome this problem, the m17n library loads information about font-size adjustment from the m17n database by the tags \<font, resize\>. The data is loaded as a plist of this format.

```
FONT-SIZE-ADJUSTMENT ::= PER-FONT *
PER-FONT ::= '(' FONT-SPEC ADJUST-RATIO ')'
FONT-SPEC ::=
    '(' [ FOUNDRY FAMILY
          [ WEIGHT [ STYLE [ STRETCH [ ADSTYLE ]]]]]
    REGISTRY ')'
ADJUST-RATIO ::= INTEGER
```

`FONT-SPEC` is to specify properties of a font. `FOUNDRY` to `REGISTRY` are symbols corresponding to #Mfoundry to #Mregistry property of a font. See **m17nFont** for the meaning of each property.

`ADJUST-RATIO` is an integer number specifying by percentage how much the font-size must be adjusted. For instance, this `PER-FONT`:

```
    ((devanagari-cdac) 150)
```

instructs the font handler of the m17n library to open a font of 1.5 times bigger than a requested size on opening a font whose registry is 'devanagari-cdac'.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)\
 Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)\
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License  \<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html\>.