NAME

       PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont - base font class

METHODS

       $font = PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont->new $pdf, $name
           Returns a font resource object.

       $font = PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont->new_api $api, $name
           Returns a font resource object. This method is different from 'new' that it needs an
           PDF::API2-object rather than a Text::PDF::File-object.

       $descriptor = $font->descrByData()
           Returns the fonts FontDescriptor key-structure based on the fonts data.

FONT-MANAGEMENT RELATED METHODS

       $name = $font->fontname()
           Returns the fonts name (aka. display-name).

       $name = $font->altname()
           Returns the fonts alternative-name (aka. windows-name for a postscript font).

       $name = $font->subname()
           Returns the fonts subname (aka. font-variant, schriftschnitt).

       $name = $font->apiname()
           Returns the fonts name to be used internally (should be equal to $font->name).

       $issymbol = $font->issymbol()
           Returns the fonts symbol flag.

       $iscff = $font->iscff()
           Returns the fonts compact-font-format flag.

TYPOGRAPHY RELATED METHODS

       ($llx, $lly, $urx, $ury) = $font->fontbbox()
           Returns the fonts bounding-box.

       $capheight = $font->capheight()
           Returns the fonts capheight value.

       $xheight = $font->xheight()
           Returns the fonts xheight value.

       $missingwidth = $font->missingwidth()
           Returns the fonts missingwidth value.

       $maxwidth = $font->maxwidth()
           Returns the fonts maxwidth value.

       $avgwidth = $font->avgwidth()
           Returns the fonts avgwidth value.

       $flags = $font->flags()
           Returns the fonts flags value.

       $stemv = $font->stemv()
           Returns the fonts stemv value.

       $stemh = $font->stemh()
           Returns the fonts stemh value.

       $italicangle = $font->italicangle()
           Returns the fonts italicangle value.

       $isfixedpitch = $font->isfixedpitch()
           Returns the fonts isfixedpitch flag.

       $underlineposition = $font->underlineposition()
           Returns the fonts underlineposition value.

       $underlinethickness = $font->underlinethickness()
           Returns the fonts underlinethickness value.

       $ascender = $font->ascender()
           Returns the fonts ascender value.

       $descender = $font->descender()
           Returns the fonts descender value.

GLYPH RELATED METHODS

       @names = $font->glyphNames()
           Returns the defined glyph-names of the font.

       $glNum = $font->glyphNum()
           Returns the number of defined glyph-names of the font.

       $uni = $font->uniByGlyph $char
           Returns the unicode by glyph-name.

       $uni = $font->uniByEnc $char
           Returns the unicode by the fonts encoding map.

       $uni = $font->uniByMap $char
           Returns the unicode by the fonts default map.

       $char = $font->encByGlyph $glyph
           Returns the character by the given glyph-name of the fonts encoding map.

       $char = $font->encByUni $uni
           Returns the character by the given unicode of the fonts encoding map.

       $char = $font->mapByGlyph $glyph
           Returns the character by the given glyph-name of the fonts default map.

       $char = $font->mapByUni $uni
           Returns the character by the given unicode of the fonts default map.

       $name = $font->glyphByUni $unicode
           Returns the glyphs name by the fonts unicode map.  BEWARE: non-standard glyph-names
           are mapped onto the ms-symbol area (0xF000).

       $name = $font->glyphByEnc $char
           Returns the glyphs name by the fonts encoding map.

       $name = $font->glyphByMap $char
           Returns the glyphs name by the fonts default map.

       $width = $font->wxByGlyph $glyph
           Returns the glyphs width.

       $width = $font->wxByUni $uni
           Returns the unicodes width.

       $width = $font->wxByEnc $char
           Returns the characters width based on the current encoding.

       $width = $font->wxByMap $char
           Returns the characters width based on the fonts default encoding.

       $wd = $font->width $text
           Returns the width of $text as if it were at size 1.  BEWARE: works only correctly if a
           proper perl-string is used either in native or utf8 format (check utf8-flag).

       @widths = $font->width_array $text
           Returns the widths of the words in $text as if they were at size 1.

STRING METHODS

       $utf8string = $font->utfByStr $string
           Returns the utf8-string from string based on the fonts encoding map.

       $string = $font->strByUtf $utf8string
           Returns the encoded string from utf8-string based on the fonts encoding map.

       $pdfstring = $font->textByStr $text
           Returns a properly formatted representation of $text for use in the PDF.

AUTHOR

       Alfred Reibenschuh.