A class designed to manage several representations of the same font. More...

#include <DLFont.h>

Public Types
enum	FontDescription { Name, XFontDescription, PSFontName }
Public Member Functions
	DLFont ()
	(Required) default constructor.
	DLFont (const String &description, const DLFont::FontDescription whatType=DLFont::Name, const Int &size=12)
	The constructor accepts any description of the font.
	DLFont (const DLFont &other)
	Copy constructor using copy semantics.
virtual	~DLFont ()
	Destructor.
DLFont &	operator= (const DLFont &other)
	Copy assignment.
String	getXValueNoSize ()
	Return the current font as a XLFD.
Int	getSize ()
	Return the current font as a post-script recognisable name String getPSValueNoSize();.
String	getXValue ()
	Return the current font as a XLFD, with the specific size.
String	getPSValue ()
	Return the current font as a PS recognisable name, with the specific size 'tagged onto' the end of it.
String	getName ()
	Return the name (as it should be presented to users) of the font.
void	setName (const String &newName)
	Set the name of the font.
void	setSize (const Int newSize)
	Set the desired size (pixelSize)
void	setXValue (const String &newX11)
	Set the XLFD for this font (if you wish to set at matrix for any fields e.g.
void	setPSValue (const String &newPS)
	Set the Postscript representation of this font.
Vector< String >	getAllNames ()
Private Member Functions
void	fillArrays ()
Bool	lookUp (const String &desc, const DLFont::FontDescription, Int &returnIndex)
Private Attributes
Vector< String >	itsXFonts
Vector< String >	itsPSFonts
Vector< String >	itsNames
Int	itsSize
Int	itsCurrentFont

Detailed Description

A class designed to manage several representations of the same font.

Intended use:

Public interface

Etymology

DLFont is a class designed to manage multiple representations of the same font.

Motivation

Different DL media (e.g. X11 and postscript) have different ways of representing fonts. The user, however should be presented with a single representation across all media types. This class is designed to represent a single font, as observed by the user, but also to contain different representations of the font for each media.

Thrown Exceptions

None.

To Do

Nothing known.

Definition at line 70 of file DLFont.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum casa::DLFont::FontDescription

Enumerator:

Name
XFontDescription
PSFontName

Definition at line 73 of file DLFont.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

casa::DLFont::DLFont ( )

(Required) default constructor.

casa::DLFont::DLFont	(	const String &	description,
		const DLFont::FontDescription	whatType = `DLFont::Name`,
		const Int &	size = `12`
	)

The constructor accepts any description of the font.

By default it is the 'name' of the font. You can also construct a DLFont by either of its other descriptions, by using the appropriate 'FontDescription'. e.g to select Times by its PostScript name:

      DLFont myFont("Times-Roman", DLFont::PSFontName);

is equivalent to :

      DLFont myFont("-adobe-times-medium-r-*--*", DLFont::XFontDescription);

or, more simply :

      DLFont myFont("Times - Roman");

casa::DLFont::DLFont ( const DLFont & other )

Copy constructor using copy semantics.

virtual casa::DLFont::~DLFont ( ) [virtual]

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

void casa::DLFont::fillArrays ( ) [private]

Vector<String> casa::DLFont::getAllNames ( ) [inline]

Definition at line 150 of file DLFont.h.

References itsNames.

String casa::DLFont::getName ( )

Return the name (as it should be presented to users) of the font.

String casa::DLFont::getPSValue ( )

Return the current font as a PS recognisable name, with the specific size 'tagged onto' the end of it.

Referenced by casa::PSPixelCanvas::setFont().

Int casa::DLFont::getSize ( )

Return the current font as a post-script recognisable name String getPSValueNoSize();.

Return the current fonts desired size

Referenced by casa::PSPixelCanvas::setFont().

String casa::DLFont::getXValue ( )

Return the current font as a XLFD, with the specific size.

NB If there is any matrix transform in the pixel size field of the XLFD, this will not preserve it. To do operations e.g. rotation, extract the desired font size (getSize) and the font info (getXFontNoSize) seperately before applying required transforms

String casa::DLFont::getXValueNoSize ( )

Return the current font as a XLFD.

Although it states "noSize", it may actually return a size. e.g. a call to "setXValue", providing an entry in the size field will result in a XLFD with a valid size field. However, if you do a "setSize", then call this method, the change in size will not be reflected.

Bool casa::DLFont::lookUp	(	const String &	desc,
		const DLFont::FontDescription	,
		Int &	returnIndex
	)		`[private]`

DLFont& casa::DLFont::operator= ( const DLFont & other )

Copy assignment.

void casa::DLFont::setName ( const String & newName )

Set the name of the font.

void casa::DLFont::setPSValue ( const String & newPS )

Set the Postscript representation of this font.

void casa::DLFont::setSize ( const Int newSize )

Set the desired size (pixelSize)

void casa::DLFont::setXValue ( const String & newX11 )

Set the XLFD for this font (if you wish to set at matrix for any fields e.g.

set the size field as a rotation matrix to rotate text, you will need to handle the size of the text independantly of this class. You can use the getXValueNoSize for that. i.e. class will not preserve rotated/scaled text via matrix transforms