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diff --git a/libfonts.h b/libfonts.h
index 2d8e94d..5cf2c83 100644
--- a/libfonts.h
+++ b/libfonts.h
@@ -3,6 +3,29 @@
#define LIBFONTS_H
#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+
+/**
+ * Style-based default fonts
+ */
+enum libfonts_default_font {
+ /**
+ * A proportional font without serifs
+ */
+ LIBFONTS_DEFAULT_SANS_SERIF,
+
+ /**
+ * A proportional font with serifs
+ */
+ LIBFONTS_DEFAULT_SERIF,
+
+ /**
+ * A monospace font, which may escape
+ * the character cell
+ */
+ LIBFONTS_DEFAULT_MONOSPACE
+};
/**
@@ -506,6 +529,71 @@ struct libfonts_font_description {
/**
+ * Get the font a default font name aliases to
+ *
+ * @param font The default font
+ * @param name Output buffer for the font the default font is an alias
+ * for; will always be NUL-terminated (unless `size` is 0)
+ * @param size Buffer size of `name`
+ * @return The minimum value required on `size` for a
+ * complete output to `name`, or -1 on failure
+ *
+ * @throws EINVAL Unrecognised value on `font`
+ */
+ssize_t libfonts_get_default_font(enum libfonts_default_font, char *, size_t);
+/* TODO implement libfonts_get_default_font
+ *
+ * /etc/libfonts/default-fonts.conf
+ *
+ * sans-serif = $FONTNAME
+ * serif = $FONTNAME
+ * monospace = $FONTNAME
+ *
+ * fallback, look in /etc/libfonts/default-fonts/sans-serif/
+ * /etc/libfonts/default-fonts/serif/
+ * /etc/libfonts/default-fonts/monospace/
+ *
+ * as a last resort look around for some
+ * font that matches the specification as
+ * well as possible
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Get the alias for a default font
+ *
+ * @param font The default font
+ * @param name Output buffer for the font name; will always
+ * be NUL-terminated (unless `size` is 0)
+ * @param size Buffer size of `name`
+ * @param index The index of the alias (some default fonts
+ * have multiple aliases)
+ * @return The minimum value required on `size` for a
+ * complete output to `name`, 0 if `index` is
+ * equal to or greater than the number of
+ * aliases, or -1 on failure
+ *
+ * @throws EINVAL Unrecognised value on `font`
+ */
+ssize_t libfonts_get_default_font_name(enum libfonts_default_font, char *, size_t, size_t);
+
+/**
+ * Get a default font a font name represents
+ *
+ * @param font Output parameter for the default font
+ * @param name The alias for the default font, optionally
+ * with style and size information
+ * @param style Output parameter for the offset in `name`
+ * where the style and size information begins;
+ * will be set to 0 if this information is
+ * excluded from `name`
+ * @return 1 on successful completion, 0 if `name` is not
+ * an alias for a default font
+ */
+int libfonts_get_default_font_by_name(enum libfonts_default_font *, const char *, size_t *);
+/* TODO implement libfonts_get_default_font_by_name */
+
+
+/**
* Encode an X Logical Font Description (XLFD) string
*
* @param desc The font description to encode