PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont(3pm)

PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont3pm

Base class for font resources

Methods

`$font = PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont->new($pdf, $name)`	Return a font resource object.
`$descriptor = $font->descrByData()`	Return the font's FontDescriptor key structure based on the font's data.

Font-management related methods

`$name = $font->fontname()`	Return the font's name (a.k.a. display name).
`$name = $font->altname()`	Return the font's alternative name (a.k.a. Windows name for a postscript font).
`$name = $font->subname()`	Return the font's subname (a.k.a. font variant, schriftschnitt).
`$name = $font->apiname()`	Return the font's name to be used internally (should be equal to `$font`->`name()`).
`$issymbol = $font->issymbol()`	Return the font's symbol flag.
`$iscff = $font->iscff()`	Return the font's Compact Font Format flag.

Typography related methods

`($llx, $lly, $urx, $ury) = $font->fontbbox()`	Return the font's bounding box.
`$capheight = $font->capheight()`	Return the font's capheight value.
`$xheight = $font->xheight()`	Return the font's xheight value.
`$missingwidth = $font->missingwidth()`	Return the font's missingwidth value.
`$maxwidth = $font->maxwidth()`	Return the font's maxwidth value.
`$avgwidth = $font->avgwidth()`	Return the font's avgwidth value.
`$flags = $font->flags()`	Return the font's flags value.
`$stemv = $font->stemv()`	Return the font's stemv value.
`$stemh = $font->stemh()`	Return the font's stemh value.
`$italicangle = $font->italicangle()`	Return the font's italicangle value.
`$isfixedpitch = $font->isfixedpitch()`	Return the font's isfixedpitch flag.
`$underlineposition = $font->underlineposition()`	Return the font's underlineposition value.
`$underlinethickness = $font->underlinethickness()`	Return the font's underlinethickness value.
`$ascender = $font->ascender()`	Return the font's ascender value.
`$descender = $font->descender()`	Return the font's descender value.

String methods

`$utf8_string = $font->utfByStr($string)`	Return the utf8-string from string based on the font's encoding map.
`$string = $font->strByUtf($utf8_string)`	Return the encoded string from utf8-string based on the font's encoding map.
`$pdf_string = $font->textByStr($text)`	Return a properly formatted representation of `$text` for use in the PDF.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

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