PdfFont

java.lang.Object
- com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfFont

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<PdfFont>
```
class PdfFont
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable<PdfFont>
```
PdfFont is the Pdf Font object.
Limitation: in this class only base 14 Type 1 fonts (courier, courier bold, courier oblique, courier boldoblique, helvetica, helvetica bold, helvetica oblique, helvetica boldoblique, symbol, times roman, times bold, times italic, times bolditalic, zapfdingbats) and their standard encoding (standard, MacRoman, (MacExpert,) WinAnsi) are supported.
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.3' section 7.7 (page 198-203).

See Also:

PdfName, PdfDictionary, BadPdfFormatException

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

private BaseFont font
the font metrics.

protected float hScale

private float size
the size.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PdfFont(BaseFont bf, float size)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`compareTo(PdfFont pdfFont)`	Compares this `PdfFont` with another
`(package private) static PdfFont`	`getDefaultFont()`
`(package private) BaseFont`	`getFont()`
`(package private) float`	`getHorizontalScaling()`	Getter for the horizontal scaling.
`(package private) void`	`setHorizontalScaling(float hScale)`
`(package private) float`	`size()`	Returns the size of this font.
`(package private) float`	`width()`	Returns the approximative width of 1 character of this font.
`(package private) float`	`width(int character)`	Returns the width of a certain character of this font.
`(package private) float`	`width(java.lang.String s)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - font
```
private BaseFont font
```
    the font metrics.
  - size
```
private float size
```
    the size.
  - hScale
```
protected float hScale
```
- Constructor Detail
  - PdfFont
```
PdfFont(BaseFont bf,
        float size)
```
- Method Detail
  - compareTo
```
public int compareTo(PdfFont pdfFont)
```
    Compares this PdfFont with another
    
    Specified by:
    
    compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<PdfFont>
    
    Parameters:
    
    pdfFont - the other PdfFont
    
    Returns:
    
    a value
  - size
```
float size()
```
    Returns the size of this font.
    
    Returns:
    
    a size
  - width
```
float width()
```
    Returns the approximative width of 1 character of this font.
    
    Returns:
    
    a width in Text Space
  - width
```
float width(int character)
```
    Returns the width of a certain character of this font.
    
    Parameters:
    
    character - a certain character
    
    Returns:
    
    a width in Text Space
  - width
```
float width(java.lang.String s)
```
  - getFont
```
BaseFont getFont()
```
  - getDefaultFont
```
static PdfFont getDefaultFont()
```
  - setHorizontalScaling
```
void setHorizontalScaling(float hScale)
```
  - getHorizontalScaling
```
float getHorizontalScaling()
```
    Getter for the horizontal scaling.
    
    Since:
    
    iText 5.1.0