Package org.apache.fontbox

Interface FontBoxFont

All Known Implementing Classes:

CFFCIDFont, CFFFont, CFFType1Font, OpenTypeFont, TrueTypeFont, Type1Font

public interface FontBoxFont

Common interface for all FontBox fonts.

Author:

John Hewson

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
BoundingBox	getFontBBox()	Returns the font's bounding box in PostScript units.
List<Number>	getFontMatrix()	Returns the FontMatrix in PostScript units.
String	getName()	The PostScript name of the font.
GeneralPath	getPath(String name)	Returns the path for the character with the given name.
float	getWidth(String name)	Returns the advance width for the character with the given name.
boolean	hasGlyph(String name)	Returns true if the font contains the given glyph.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()
        throws IOException

The PostScript name of the font.

Throws:

IOException

getFontBBox

BoundingBox getFontBBox()
                 throws IOException

Returns the font's bounding box in PostScript units.

Throws:

IOException

getFontMatrix

List<Number> getFontMatrix()
                    throws IOException

Returns the FontMatrix in PostScript units.

Throws:

IOException

getPath

GeneralPath getPath(String name)
             throws IOException

Returns the path for the character with the given name.

Returns:

glyph path

Throws:

IOException - if the path could not be read

getWidth

float getWidth(String name)
        throws IOException

Returns the advance width for the character with the given name.

Returns:

glyph advance width

Throws:

IOException - if the path could not be read

hasGlyph

boolean hasGlyph(String name)
          throws IOException

Returns true if the font contains the given glyph.

Parameters:

name - PostScript glyph name

Throws:

IOException