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PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont

Base class for font resources

$font = PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont->new($pdf, $name)
Return a font resource object.
$descriptor = $font->descrByData()
Return the font's FontDescriptor key structure based on the font's data.
$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 = $font->iscff()
Return the font's Compact Font Format flag.
($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.
@names = $font->glyphNames()
Return the defined glyph names of the font.
$glNum = $font->glyphNum()
Return the number of defined glyph names of the font.
$uni = $font->uniByGlyph($char)
Return the unicode by glyph name.
$uni = $font->uniByEnc($char)
Return the unicode by the fonts encoding map.
$uni = $font->uniByMap($char)
Return the unicode by the font's default map.
$char = $font->encByGlyph($glyph)
Return the character by the given glyph name of the font's encoding map.
$char = $font->encByUni($uni)
Return the character by the given unicode of the font's encoding map.
$char = $font->mapByGlyph($glyph)
Return the character by the given glyph name of the font's default map.
$char = $font->mapByUni($uni)
Return the character by the given unicode of the fonts default map.
$name = $font->glyphByUni($uni)
Return the glyph's name by the font's unicode map. BEWARE: non-standard glyph-names are mapped onto the ms-symbol area (0xF000).
$name = $font->glyphByEnc($char)
Return the glyph's name by the font's encoding map.
$name = $font->glyphByMap($char)
Return the glyph's name by the font's default map.
$width = $font->wxByGlyph($glyph)
Return the glyph's width.
$width = $font->wxByUni($uni)
Return the unicode's width.
$width = $font->wxByEnc($char)
Return the character's width based on the current encoding.
$width = $font->wxByMap($char)
Return the character's width based on the font's default encoding.
$wd = $font->width($text)
Return the width of $text as if it were at size 1.
@widths = $font->width_array($text)
Return the widths of the words in $text as if they were at size 1.

$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.