pangoFontMetricsGetAscent       package:RGtk2       R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Gets the ascent from a font metrics structure. The ascent is the
     distance from the baseline to the logical top of a line of text.
     (The logical top may be above or below the top of the actual drawn
     ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure where the ink
     will be.)

_U_s_a_g_e:

     pangoFontMetricsGetAscent(object)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

'object': ['PangoFontMetrics']  a 'PangoFontMetrics' structure

_V_a_l_u_e:

     [integer]  the ascent, in Pango units. (1 point == 'PANGO_SCALE'
     Pango units.)

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Derived by RGtkGen from GTK+ documentation

