com.qoppa.pdf

Class LocalFonts

java.lang.Object

com.qoppa.pdf.LocalFonts

public class LocalFonts
extends Object

Class to find & access local font files

Author:

Qoppa Software

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static LocalFontInfo	findLocalFontInfo(String name, boolean bold, boolean italic) Find best local font by properties (name, bold, italic) - Will find font based on name & complete style options, name & partial options, or name alone
static List<LocalFontInfo>	getLocalFonts() Get list of local font information objects.
static void	setUserFontDirectories(List<String> userFontDirs) Set user font directories.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

setUserFontDirectories

public static void setUserFontDirectories(List<String> userFontDirs)

Set user font directories. Fonts found in these directories will take precedence over fonts found in local font directories when looking for fonts to embed. Local fonts found in user and system font directories are only used for embedding - not for display. Each directory will be searched recursively for font files.

Parameters:

userFontDirs - - List of font directory path strings

getLocalFonts

public static List<LocalFontInfo> getLocalFonts()
                                         throws PDFException

Get list of local font information objects.

Returns:

List of LocalFontInfo structures

Throws:

PDFException - - if font parsing code is not present or found (qsfntly.jar) in classpath

findLocalFontInfo

public static LocalFontInfo findLocalFontInfo(String name,
                              boolean bold,
                              boolean italic)
                                       throws PDFException

Find best local font by properties (name, bold, italic) - Will find font based on name & complete style options, name & partial options, or name alone

Parameters:

name - - font name

bold - - flag - set true to look for bold version of font

italic - - flag - set true to look for italic version of font

Returns:

LocalFontInfo structure if found, null if not found

Throws:

PDFException - - if font parsing code is not present or found (qsfntly.jar) in classpath