PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont - phpMan

NAME
    PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont - 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.

GLYPH RELATED METHODS
    @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.

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.