SWF::Font(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation SWF::Font(3)NAME
SWF::Font - SWF Font class
SYNOPSIS
use SWF::Font;
$font = new SWF::Font();
DESCRIPTION
Font object for later usage in Text and TextField objects.
NOTES
Ming 0.3's old getShape($font, $code) has been removed from interface.
For getting details of glyph information you could draw a character
into a shape and call dumpOutline() method, just like
$sh=new SWF::Shape();
$sh->drawGlyph($font, $char_nr);
print $sh->dumpOutline();
METHODS
new SWF::Font($filename)
Creates a Font object. $filename selects either True-Type Font
'(ttf') file or Font Definition Block ('fdb') file as written by
makefdb tool.
$font->getStringWidth($string)
$font->getUTF8StringWidth($UTF8string)
Returns width of given string in pixels.
$font->getAscent()
Returns the ascent of the current font, or 0 if not available.
$font->getDescent()
Returns the descent of the current font, or 0 if not available.
$font->getLeading()
Returns the leading of the current font, or 0 if not available.
$font->getName()
Returns the name of the current font, do not confuse with font
filename.
$font->getGlyphCount()
Returns the glyph count of the current font.
AUTHOR
developers of ming ming.sourceforge.net
SEE ALSO
SWF, SWF::BrowserFont, SWF::Text, SWF::TextField, SWF::Shape, ISO 10646
(Unicode)
perl v5.14.2 2010-10-10 SWF::Font(3)
