org.icepdf.core.util

Class FontUtil

java.lang.Object

org.icepdf.core.util.FontUtil

public class FontUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Font utility contains a bunch of commonly used font utility methods.

Since:

3.1

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FontUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	guessAWTFontStyle(java.lang.String name) Utility method which maps know style strings to an AWT font style constants.
static java.lang.String	guessFamily(java.lang.String name) Utility method for guessing a font family name from its base name.
static java.lang.String	normalizeString(java.lang.String name) Utility method for normailing strings, to lowercase and remove any spaces.
static java.lang.String	removeBaseFontSubset(java.lang.String name) For a font subset, the PostScript name of the font—the value of the font’s BaseFont entry and the font descriptor’s FontName entry shall begin with a tag followed by a plus sign (+).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FontUtil

public FontUtil()

Method Detail

guessAWTFontStyle

public static int guessAWTFontStyle(java.lang.String name)

Utility method which maps know style strings to an AWT font style constants. The style attribute read as follows from the java.awt.font constructor:

the style constant for the Font The style argument is an integer bitmask that may be PLAIN, or a bitwise union of BOLD and/or ITALIC (for example, ITALIC or BOLD|ITALIC). If the style argument does not conform to one of the expected integer bitmasks then the style is set to PLAIN.

Parameters:

name - base name of font.

Returns:

integer representing dffs

guessFamily

public static java.lang.String guessFamily(java.lang.String name)

Utility method for guessing a font family name from its base name. Font names are usually made up of a familyName followed by a style name. For example:

• Arial,BoldItalic
• Times-Bold"
• Arial BoldItalic
• TimesNewRomansBold

Parameters:

name - base name of font.

Returns:

guess of the base fonts name.

removeBaseFontSubset

public static java.lang.String removeBaseFontSubset(java.lang.String name)

For a font subset, the PostScript name of the font—the value of the font’s BaseFont entry and the font descriptor’s FontName entry shall begin with a tag followed by a plus sign (+). The tag shall consist of exactly six uppercase letters; the choice of letters is arbitrary, but different subsets in the same PDF file shall have different tags

This method will strip the font subset from the font name and return the font name.

Parameters:

name - font name to strip of subset name.

Returns:

bare font name.

normalizeString

public static java.lang.String normalizeString(java.lang.String name)

Utility method for normailing strings, to lowercase and remove any spaces.

Parameters:

name - base name of font

Returns:

normalized copy of string.