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<refentry id="function.ps-symbol-name">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ps_symbol_name</refname>
  <refpurpose>Gets name of a glyph</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>ps_symbol_name</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>psdoc</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>ord</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>fontid</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   This function needs an Adobe font metrics file to know which glyphs are
   available.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>psdoc</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Resource identifier of the postscript file
       as returned by <function>ps_new</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>ord</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The parameter <parameter>ord</parameter> is the position of the glyph
       in the font encoding vector.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>fontid</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The identifier of the font to be used. If not font is specified
       the current font will be used.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The name of a glyph in the given font.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>ps_symbol</function></member>
    <member><function>ps_symbol_width</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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