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UFontFace

A font face asset contains the raw payload data for a source TTF/OTF file as used by FreeType.

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Inheritance Hierarchy

UObjectBase

UObjectBaseUtility

UObject

UFontFace

References

Module	Engine
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Classes/Engine/FontFace.h
Include	#include "Engine/FontFace.h"

Syntax

class UFontFace :
public UObject,
public IFontFaceInterface

Remarks

A font face asset contains the raw payload data for a source TTF/OTF file as used by FreeType. During cook this asset type generates a ".ufont" file containing the raw payload data (unless loaded "Inline").

Variables

	Name	Description
FFontFaceDataRe...	FontFaceData	The data associated with the font face.
EFontHinting	Hinting	The hinting algorithm to use with the font face.
EFontLayoutMeth...	LayoutMethod	Which method should we use when laying out the font? Try changing this if you notice clipping or height issues with your font.
EFontLoadingPol...	LoadingPolicy	Enum controlling how this font face should be loaded at runtime.
FString	SourceFilename	The filename of the font face we were created from.
TArray< FString...	SubFaces	Transient cache of the sub-faces available within this face

Constructors

	Name	Description
	UFontFace()	Default constructor

Functions

		Name	Description
	void	CacheSubFaces()

Overridden from UObject

	Name	Description
void	GetAssetRegistryTags ( TArray< FAssetRegistryTag >& OutTa... )	Gathers a list of asset registry searchable tags which are name/value pairs with some type information This only needs to be implemented for asset objects
void	GetResourceSizeEx ( FResourceSizeEx& CumulativeResourc... )	Get the size of the object/resource for use in memory tools or to display to artists/LDs in the Editor This is the extended version which separates up the used memory into different memory regions (the actual definition of which may be platform specific).
void	PostEditChangeProperty ( FPropertyChangedEvent& PropertyCha... )	Called when a property on this object has been modified externally
void	PostEditUndo()	Called after applying a transaction to the object.
void	Serialize ( FArchive& Ar )	Handles reading, writing, and reference collecting using FArchive.

Overridden from IFontFaceInterface

	Name	Description
FString	GetCookedFilename()	Get the filename of the font to use when cooked. This file will be generated during cook.
FFontFaceDat...	GetFontFaceData()	Get the data buffer containing the data for the current font face.
const FStrin...	GetFontFilename()	Get the filename of the font to use.
EFontHinting	GetHinting()	Get the hinting algorithm to use with the font.
EFontLayoutM...	GetLayoutMethod()	Get the method to use when laying out the font?
EFontLoading...	GetLoadingPolicy()	Get the enum controlling how this font should be loaded at runtime.
void	InitializeFromBulkData ( const FString& InFilename, const EFontHinting InHinting, const void* InBulkDataPtr, const int32 InBulkDataSizeBytes )	Initialize this font face from legacy bulk data.

Deprecated Variables

		Name	Description
	TArray< uint8 >	FontFaceData_DEPRECATED	The data associated with the font face.

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