freetypy.Face.get_char_index_unicode

Face.get_char_index_unicode()

⨎ Get the glyph index of a given Unicode character.

Unlike get_char_index, if the selected CharMap is not Unicode, the given unicode character will first be encoded to the correct character map, if possible.

⨎ This is a freetypy-specific function.

Parameters:charcode (length-1 unicode string or int) – The Unicode character. Returns:glyph_index – The glyph index. 0 means ‘undefined char code’. Return type:int