Package com.adobe.fontengine.font.type1

Class MetricFile

java.lang.Object

com.adobe.fontengine.font.type1.MetricFile

public abstract class MetricFile
extends Object

Represents the secondary file needed by type1 fonts to access kerning data, etc. Possible examples of metric files are .pfm, .afm, and suitcase files.

Synchronization

This class is immutable after contruction and contains no mutable static data. It is therefore threadsafe.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract String	getFamilyName()	Fetch the platform name for the font associated with this file.
abstract String	getFontName()	Fetch the postscript name for the font associated with this file.
abstract double	getKernValue(String leftGlyphName, String rightGlyphName)	Fetch the kern value for 2 glyphIDs.
final URL	getLocation()
abstract int	getWeight()	Fetch the weight for this font.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getKernValue

public abstract double getKernValue(String leftGlyphName,
 String rightGlyphName)

Fetch the kern value for 2 glyphIDs.

getFamilyName

public abstract String getFamilyName()

Fetch the platform name for the font associated with this file. Returns null if the file does not contain this information.

getFontName

public abstract String getFontName()

Fetch the postscript name for the font associated with this file.

getWeight

public abstract int getWeight()

Fetch the weight for this font. Returns 0 if the file does not contain this information .

getLocation

public final URL getLocation()