PdfFont

Overview

PdfFont is a class in Aspose.PDF FOSS for Java.

Abstract base class for all PDF font types (ISO 32000-1:2008, §9.5).

This class provides 10 methods for working with PdfFont objects in Java programs. Available methods include: decode, fromDictionary, getBaseFont, getEncoding, getFontDescriptor, getFontDictionary, getFontMetrics, getToUnicode, getWidth, isComposite. All public members are accessible to any Java application after installing the Aspose.PDF FOSS for Java package. Properties: baseFont, composite, encoding, fontDescriptor, fontDictionary, fontMetrics, and 1 more.

Properties

NameTypeAccessDescription
baseFontStringReadReturns the base font name (/BaseFont).
encodingFontEncodingReadReturns the font encoding.
toUnicodeToUnicodeCMapReadReturns the ToUnicode CMap.
fontDescriptorFontDescriptorReadReturns the font descriptor.
compositebooleanReadReturns {@code true} when this is a Type0 composite font whose
content-stream encoding uses multi-byte character codes (e.g.
fontMetricsFontMetricsReadReturns the font metrics.
fontDictionaryPdfDictionaryReadReturns the underlying font dictionary.

Methods

SignatureDescription
decode(charCodes: byte[])StringDecodes raw character code bytes to a Unicode string.
getWidth(charCode: int)doubleReturns the glyph width for the given character code, in units of 1/1000 text space.
getBaseFont()StringReturns the base font name (/BaseFont).
getEncoding()FontEncodingReturns the font encoding.
getToUnicode()ToUnicodeCMapReturns the ToUnicode CMap.
getFontDescriptor()FontDescriptorReturns the font descriptor.
isComposite()booleanReturns {@code true} when this is a Type0 composite font whose
content-stream encoding uses multi-byte character codes (e.g.
getFontMetrics()FontMetricsReturns the font metrics.
getFontDictionary()PdfDictionaryReturns the underlying font dictionary.
fromDictionary(fontDict: PdfDictionary, parser: PDFParser)PdfFontCreates the appropriate PdfFont subclass from a font dictionary.

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