class HexaPDF::Type::FontSimple

Parent	HexaPDF::Type::Font

Represents a simple PDF font.

A simple font has only single-byte character codes and only supports horizontal metrics.

See: PDF2.0 s9.6

Name	Type/Allowed Values	Required	Default Value
Type	Symbol	true	:Font
ToUnicode	HexaPDF::Stream or Hash	false	nil
FirstChar	Integer	false	nil
LastChar	Integer	false	nil
Widths	HexaPDF::PDFArray or Array	false	nil
FontDescriptor	HexaPDF::Type::FontDescriptor or Hash	false	nil
Encoding	HexaPDF::Dictionary or Symbol or Hash	false	nil

decode(string)¶

Decodes the given string into an array of character codes.

encoding()¶

Returns the encoding object used for this font.

Note that the encoding is cached internally when accessed the first time.

font_descriptor()¶

Returns the font descriptor. May be nil for a standard 14 font.

The font descriptor is required except for the standard 14 fonts in PDF version up to 1.7.

symbolic?()¶

Returns true if the font is a symbolic font, false if it is not, and nil if it is not known.

to_utf8(code)¶

Returns the UTF-8 string for the given character code, or calls the configuration option ‘font.on_missing_unicode_mapping’ if no mapping was found.

width(code)¶

Returns the unscaled width of the given code point in glyph units, or 0 if the width for the code point is missing.

word_spacing_applicable?()¶

Returns whether word spacing is applicable when using this font.

Always returns true for simple fonts.

See: PDF2.0 s9.3.3

writing_mode()¶

Returns the writing mode which is always :horizontal for simple fonts like Type1.