org.apache.fop.fonts

Interface FontDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:

FontMetrics

All Known Implementing Classes:

CFFToType1Font, CIDFont, CustomFont, LazyFont, MultiByteFont, SingleByteFont

public interface FontDescriptor
extends FontMetrics

This interface enhances the font metrics interface with access methods to value needed to register fonts in various target formats like PDF or PostScript.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getAscender() Returns the ascender value of the font.
int	getCapHeight() Returns the capital height of the font.
int	getDescender() Returns the descender value of the font.
int	getFlags() Returns the flags for the font.
int[]	getFontBBox() Returns the font's bounding box.
int	getItalicAngle() Returns the italic angle for the font.
int	getStemV() Returns the vertical stem width for the font.
boolean	isEmbeddable() Indicates if this font may be embedded.
boolean	isSubsetEmbedded() Indicates whether this font is subset embedded.
boolean	isSymbolicFont() Indicates whether the font is a symbolic font.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.fop.fonts.FontMetrics

getAscender, getBoundingBox, getCapHeight, getDescender, getEmbedFontName, getFamilyNames, getFontName, getFontType, getFontURI, getFullName, getKerningInfo, getMaxAscent, getStrikeoutPosition, getStrikeoutThickness, getUnderlinePosition, getUnderlineThickness, getWidth, getWidths, getXHeight, hasFeature, hasKerningInfo, isMultiByte

Method Detail

getAscender

int getAscender()

Returns the ascender value of the font. (Ascent in pdf spec)

Returns:

the ascender

getCapHeight

int getCapHeight()

Returns the capital height of the font.

Returns:

the capital height

getDescender

int getDescender()

Returns the descender value of the font. (Descent in pdf spec)

Returns:

the descender value

getFlags

int getFlags()

Returns the flags for the font. (See pdf spec)

Returns:

the flags

isSymbolicFont

boolean isSymbolicFont()

Indicates whether the font is a symbolic font.

Returns:

true if the font is a symbolic font (i.e. Symbol or ZapfDingbats)

getFontBBox

int[] getFontBBox()

Returns the font's bounding box.

Returns:

the bounding box

getItalicAngle

int getItalicAngle()

Returns the italic angle for the font.

Returns:

the italic angle

getStemV

int getStemV()

Returns the vertical stem width for the font.

Returns:

the vertical stem width

isEmbeddable

boolean isEmbeddable()

Indicates if this font may be embedded.

Returns:

True, if embedding is possible/permitted

isSubsetEmbedded

boolean isSubsetEmbedded()

Indicates whether this font is subset embedded.

Returns:

true if this font is subset embedded