Class Glyphs

java.lang.Object
org.apache.xmlgraphics.fonts.Glyphs
public final class Glyphs extends Object
This class provides a number of constants for glyph management.

  • Field Details

    • NOTDEF

      public static final String NOTDEF
      Glyph name for the "notdef" glyph
      See Also:

    • MAC_GLYPH_NAMES

      @Deprecated public static final String[] MAC_GLYPH_NAMES
      Deprecated.
      That array was supposed to represent the standard Macintosh ordering of glyphs in a TrueType font (it does NOT correspond to the MacRoman encoding). In addition some entries are incorrect.
      Glyph names for Mac encoding

    • TEX8R_GLYPH_NAMES

      public static final String[] TEX8R_GLYPH_NAMES
      Glyph names for tex8r encoding

    • WINANSI_ENCODING

      public static final char[] WINANSI_ENCODING
      The characters in WinAnsiEncoding

    • ADOBECYRILLIC_ENCODING

      public static final char[] ADOBECYRILLIC_ENCODING
      The characters in AdobeStandardCyrillicEncoding

  • Method Details

    • charToGlyphName

      public static String charToGlyphName(char ch)
      Return the glyphname from a character, eg, charToGlyphName('\\') returns "backslash"
      Parameters:
      ch - glyph to evaluate
      Returns:
      the name of the glyph

    • getUnicodeSequenceForGlyphName

      public static String getUnicodeSequenceForGlyphName(String glyphName)
      Returns a String containing the Unicode sequence the given glyph name represents.
      Parameters:
      glyphName - the glyph name
      Returns:
      the Unicode sequence of the glyph (or null if the glyph name is unknown)

    • glyphToString

      @Deprecated public static String glyphToString(String name)
      Deprecated.
      User getUnicodeCodePointsForGlyphName instead. This method only returns the first Unicode code point it finds.
      Return the glyphname from a string, eg, glyphToString("\\") returns "backslash"
      Parameters:
      name - glyph to evaluate
      Returns:
      the name of the glyph TODO: javadocs for glyphToString and stringToGlyph are confused

    • stringToGlyph

      public static String stringToGlyph(String name)
      Return the string representation of a glyphname, eg stringToGlyph("backslash") returns "\\"
      Parameters:
      name - name of the glyph
      Returns:
      the string representation (or an empty String if no match was found)

    • getCharNameAlternativesFor

      public static String[] getCharNameAlternativesFor(String charName)
      Returns an array of char names which can serve as alternatives for the given one.
      Parameters:
      charName - the character name to search alternatives for
      Returns:
      an array of char names or null if no alternatives are available