SYNOPSIS
use SWF::Font;
$font = new SWF::Font();
DESCRIPTION
Font object for later usage in Text and TextField objects.NOTES
Ming 0.3's old getShape($font, $code) has been removed from interface. For getting details of glyph information you could draw a character into a shape and call dumpOutline() method, just like
$sh=new SWF::Shape();
$sh->drawGlyph($font, $char_nr);
print $sh->dumpOutline();
METHODS
- new SWF::Font($filename)
- Creates a Font object. $filename selects either True-Type Font '(ttf') file or Font Definition Block ('fdb') file as written by makefdb tool.
- $font->getStringWidth($string)
- $font->getUTF8StringWidth($UTF8string)
- Returns width of given string in pixels.
- $font->getAscent()
- Returns the ascent of the current font, or 0 if not available.
- $font->getDescent()
- Returns the descent of the current font, or 0 if not available.
- $font->getLeading()
- Returns the leading of the current font, or 0 if not available.
- $font->getName()
- Returns the name of the current font, do not confuse with font filename.
- $font->getGlyphCount()
- Returns the glyph count of the current font.