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John Hewson edited comment on PDFBOX-2360 at 9/21/14 9:20 PM:
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You are correct that fontlike is used with the PDF spec but it has been given a
name there which is CIDFont
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PDF Spec:
A composite font, also called a Type 0 font, is one whose glyphs are obtained
from a fontlike object called a CIDFont
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A Type 0 font is not itself a CIDFont, it is *obtained from* a CIDFont, i.e. it
wraps a descendant CIDFont. It's true that a CIDFont is a font-like object, but
a font-like object is not always a CIDFont, it may be a normal Font.
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Now with the new interface you are wrapping common information for different
font types which is very good.
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Technically this is incorrect, these are not "different font types" because a
*CIDFont is not a font*. It's "font-like object".
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So what about something like PDFontCommonProperties.
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As a CIDFont is not a font this name would be wrong. There's already a name in
the spec for the common features of both Fonts and CIDFonts, it's "font-like
object" which is what I've used.
was (Author: jahewson):
{quote}
You are correct that fontlike is used with the PDF spec but it has been given a
name there which is CIDFont
{quote}
{code}
PDF Spec:
A composite font, also called a Type 0 font, is one whose glyphs are obtained
from a fontlike object called a CIDFont
{code}
No, you've misread the spec, a Type 0 font is not itself a CIDFont, it is
*obtained from* a CIDFont, i.e. it wraps a descendant CIDFont.
{quote}
Now with the new interface you are wrapping common information for different
font types which is very good.
{quote}
Technically this is incorrect, these are not "different font types" because a
*CIDFont is not a font*. It's "font-like object".
{quote}
So what about something like PDFontCommonProperties.
{quote}
As a CIDFont is not a font this name would be wrong. There's already a name in
the spec for the common features of both Fonts and CIDFonts, it's "font-like
object" which is what I've used.
> PDFont had methods removed
> --------------------------
>
> Key: PDFBOX-2360
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2360
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: PDModel
> Affects Versions: 2.0.0
> Reporter: simon steiner
> Assignee: John Hewson
>
> Add back methods or provide a equivalent to pdfbox so it easier to upgrade to
> PDFBox 2
> PDFont
> public int getFirstChar()
> public int getLastChar()
> public Encoding getFontEncoding()
> public CMap getToUnicodeCMap()
> public String encode(byte[] c, int offset, int length) throws IOException
> PDCIDFont
> public long getDefaultWidth()
> Encoding
> public String getCharacter(int code) throws IOException
> CFFFont
> public Object getProperty(String name)
> public Map<String, byte[]> getCharStringsDict()
> public CFFEncoding getEncoding()
> CFFCharset
> public List<Entry> getEntries()
> CFFEncoding
> public List<Entry> getEntries()
> Cmap
> public String lookup( int code, int length )
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