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Interface java.awt.font.MultipleMaster

public abstract interface MultipleMaster

This is an interface representing Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. A particular Font object may implement this interface.

Method Summary

Font	deriveMMFont(float[] glyphWidths, float avgStemWidth, float typicalCapHeight, float typicalXHeight, float italicAngle) Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on detailed metric information.
Font	deriveMMFont(float[] axes) Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on the design axes values specified by the array.
float[]	getDesignAxisDefaults() Returns an array of default design values for each axis.
String[]	getDesignAxisNames() Returns the name for each design axis.
float[]	getDesignAxisRanges() Returns an array of design limits interleaved in the form [from->to] for each axis.
int	getNumDesignAxes() Returns the number of multiple master design controls.

Method Detail

getNumDesignAxes

public int getNumDesignAxes()

Returns the number of multiple master design controls. Design axes include things like width, weight and optical scaling.

getDesignAxisRanges

public float[] getDesignAxisRanges()

Returns an array of design limits interleaved in the form [from->to] for each axis. For example, design limits for weight could be from 0.1 to 1.0. The values will be returned in the same order returned by getDesignAxisNames().

getDesignAxisDefaults

public float[] getDesignAxisDefaults()

Returns an array of default design values for each axis. For example, the default value for weight could be 1.6. The values will be returned in the same order returned by getDesignAxisNames().

getDesignAxisNames

public String[] getDesignAxisNames()

Returns the name for each design axis. This also determines the order in which the values for each axis will be returned.

deriveMMFont

public Font deriveMMFont(float[] axes)

Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on the design axes values specified by the array. The size of the array must correspond to the value returned from getNumDesignAxes() and the values of the array elements must fall within limits specified by getDesignAxesLimits(). In case of an error, NULL is returned.

deriveMMFont

public Font deriveMMFont(float[] glyphWidths,
                         float avgStemWidth,
                         float typicalCapHeight,
                         float typicalXHeight,
                         float italicAngle)

Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on detailed metric information. In case of an error, NULL is returned.

Parameters:

glyphWidths - An array of floats representing the desired width of each glyph in font space.

avgStemWidth - The average stem width for the overall font in font space.

typicalCapHeight - The height of a typical upper case char.

typicalXHeight - The height of a typical lower case char.

italicAngle - The angle at which the italics lean, in degrees counterclockwise from vertical.