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PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont

Base class for font resources

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

$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.