+/** Takes a Gdk::Font object reference and returns the name associated
+ * with the font it holds.
+ */
+string get_font_name(Gdk_Font const & font);
+
+
+/** Takes a GdkFont pointer and returns the name associated with the font
+ * it holds. It returns a newly allocated gchar* string.
+ *
+ * This function was lifted from e-font.c from the gabber package.
+ */
+gchar * get_font_name(GdkFont const * font);