Get various properties of a font such as font name, font style, or encoding. Use info_font() with various keys and options to retrieve the required font information.
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* Font info:
* Get various properties of a font such as font name, font style, or encoding
*
* Use info_font() with various keys and options to retrieve the required font
* information
*
* Required software: PDFlib Lite/PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 7
* Required data: font file
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.fonts;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class font_info
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "font_info.pdf";
String title = "Font Info";
pdflib p = null;
int font;
double info;
String fontname, fontstyle;
int x=20, xindent=150, y=820, yoffset=20;
try {
p = new pdflib();
/* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
p.set_parameter("errorpolicy", "return");
p.set_parameter("SearchPath", searchpath);
if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
p.set_info("Title", title + " $Revision: 1.9 $");
/* Start page */
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");
/* Load a font */
font = p.load_font("LuciduxSans-Oblique", "unicode", "embedding");
if (font == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.setfont(font, 12);
/* Get the font name: use "api" to get the font name used by PDFlib.
* (use "acrobat" for the Acrobat font name or use "full" for
* retrieving the full font name)
*/
p.fit_textline("fontname (api):", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "fontname", "api");
if (info > -1) {
fontname = p.get_parameter("string", info);
p.fit_textline(fontname, xindent, y, "");
}
/* Get the path name for the font outline file. This will be successful
* since in our case the font file name is identical to the font name
* "LuciduxSans-Oblique". In other cases the font file name can only be
* retrieved if it has been configured using set_parameter() and the
* "FontOutline" resource category.
*/
p.fit_textline("fontfile:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "fontfile", "");
if (info > -1) {
fontname = p.get_parameter("string", info);
p.fit_textline(fontname, xindent, y, "");
}
/* With PostScript Type 1 fonts, get the path name for the font metrics
* file (AFM or PFM). This will be successful since in our case the
* font metrics file name is identical to the font name
* "LuciduxSans-Oblique". In other cases the font file name can only be
* retrieved if it has been configured using set_parameter() and the
* "FontAFM" or "FontPFM" resource category.
*/
p.fit_textline("metricsfile:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "metricsfile", "");
if (info > -1) {
fontname = p.get_parameter("string", info);
p.fit_textline(fontname, xindent, y, "");
}
/* Get the encoding of the font: use "api" to get the encoding name
* as specified in PDFlib (use "actual" for the name of the encoding
* actually used for the font)
*/
p.fit_textline("encoding (api):", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "encoding", "api");
if (info > -1) {
fontname = p.get_parameter("string", info);
p.fit_textline(fontname, xindent, y, "");
}
/* Get information about if the font is embedded as a CID font */
p.fit_textline("cidfont:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "cidfont", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get information about if the font is a host font */
p.fit_textline("hostfont:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "hostfont", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get the supplement number of the character collection for fonts with
* a standard CJK CMap
*/
p.fit_textline("supplement:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "supplement", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get information about if the font is a standard font */
p.fit_textline("standardfont:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "standardfont", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get information about if the font is a symbol font */
p.fit_textline("symbolfont:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "symbolfont", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get information about if the font is embedded as a CID font */
p.fit_textline("cidfont:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "cidfont", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get information about if the font is loaded with an encoding which
* allows unicode text
*/
p.fit_textline("unicodefont:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "unicodefont", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get information about if a font subset will be created */
p.fit_textline("willsubset:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "willsubset", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get information about if the font will be embedded */
p.fit_textline("willembed:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "willembed", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get information about if the font is for vertical writing mode */
p.fit_textline("vertical:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "vertical", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get the style of the font */
p.fit_textline("fontstyle:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "fontstyle", "");
if (info > -1) {
fontstyle = p.get_parameter("string", info);
p.fit_textline(fontstyle, xindent, y, "");
}
/* Get information about if the font style will be faked */
p.fit_textline("fontstyle (faked):", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "fontstyle", "faked");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get the italic angle of the font (/ItalicAngle in the PDF font
* descriptor)
*/
p.fit_textline("italicangle:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "italicangle", "");
p.fit_textline(Double.toString(info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get the weight of the font (between 100 and 900)
* 400=normal, 700=bold
*/
p.fit_textline("weight:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "weight", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get the number of CIDs if the font uses a standard CMap */
p.fit_textline("numcids:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "numcids", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get the number of glyphs in the font */
p.fit_textline("numglyphs:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "numglyphs", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Get the highest code value for the encoding of the font */
p.fit_textline("maxcode:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "maxcode", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Unicode value (for Unicode-compatible fonts) or code value
* (for Symbol fonts) of the replacement character of the font
*/
p.fit_textline("replacementchar:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "replacementchar", "");
if (info > -1) {
p.fit_textline("U+00" +
Integer.toHexString((int) info).toUpperCase(), xindent, y, "");
}
/* Get the number of kerning pairs in the font */
p.fit_textline("kerningpairs:", x, y-=yoffset, "");
info = p.info_font(font, "kerningpairs", "");
p.fit_textline(Integer.toString((int) info), xindent, y, "");
/* Finish page */
p.end_page_ext("");
p.end_document("");
} catch (PDFlibException e) {
System.err.print("PDFlib exception occurred:\n");
System.err.print("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() +
": " + e.get_errmsg() + "\n");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
} finally {
if (p != null) {
p.delete();
}
}
}
}