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java.awt.font

public Interface MultipleMaster

Imports
java.awt.Font

The MultipleMaster interface represents Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. A particular Font object can implement this interface.

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public Font

Returns:

a Font object that is an instance of MultipleMaster and is based on the design axis values provided by axes.
deriveMMFont
(float[]
an array containing axis values
axes
)

Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on the design axis values contained in the specified array.

public Font

Returns:

a Font object that is an instance of MultipleMaster and is based on the specified metric information.
deriveMMFont
(float[]
an array of floats representing the desired width of each glyph in font space
glyphWidths
,
float
the average stem width for the overall font in font space
avgStemWidth
,
float
the height of a typical upper case char
typicalCapHeight
,
float
the height of a typical lower case char
typicalXHeight
,
float
the angle at which the italics lean, in degrees counterclockwise from vertical
italicAngle
)

Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on detailed metric information.

public float[]

Returns:

an array of default design values for each axis.
getDesignAxisDefaults
()

Returns an array of default design values for each axis.

public String[]

Returns:

an array containing the names of each design axis.
getDesignAxisNames
()

Returns the name for each design axis.

public float[]

Returns:

an array of design limits for each axis.
getDesignAxisRanges
()

Returns an array of design limits interleaved in the form [from→to] for each axis.

public int

Returns:

the number of multiple master design controls
getNumDesignAxes
()

Returns the number of multiple master design controls.

Method Detail

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public Font deriveMMFont(float[] axes)

Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on the design axis values contained in the specified 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.

Parameters
axes:float[]

an array containing axis values

Returns:Font

a Font object that is an instance of MultipleMaster and is based on the design axis values provided by axes.

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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:float[]

an array of floats representing the desired width of each glyph in font space

avgStemWidth:float

the average stem width for the overall font in font space

typicalCapHeight:float

the height of a typical upper case char

typicalXHeight:float

the height of a typical lower case char

italicAngle:float

the angle at which the italics lean, in degrees counterclockwise from vertical

Returns:Font

a Font object that is an instance of MultipleMaster and is based on the specified metric information.

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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 are returned in the same order returned by getDesignAxisNames.

Returns:float[]

an array of default design values for each axis.

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public String[] getDesignAxisNames()

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

Returns:String[]

an array containing the names of each design axis.

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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 are returned in the same order returned by getDesignAxisNames.

Returns:float[]

an array of design limits for each axis.

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public int getNumDesignAxes()

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

Returns:int

the number of multiple master design controls