org.gnu.pango
Class FontMetrics

java.lang.Object
  org.gnu.glib.Struct
      org.gnu.glib.Boxed
          org.gnu.pango.FontMetrics

public class FontMetrics
extends Boxed

A FontMetrics structure holds the overall metric information for a font (possibly restricted to a script).

Constructor Summary

FontMetrics(FontMetrics orig)

Method Summary

int	getApproximateCharWidth() Gets the approximate character width for the font metrics.
int	getApproximateDigitWidth() Gets the approximate digit width for the font metrics.
int	getAscent() Gets the ascent from the font metrics.
int	getDescent() Gets the descent from the font metrics.

Methods inherited from class org.gnu.glib.Boxed

equals, getBoxedFromHandle, hashCode

Methods inherited from class org.gnu.glib.Struct

getHandle, getNullHandle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FontMetrics

public FontMetrics(FontMetrics orig)

Method Detail

getAscent

public int getAscent()

Gets the ascent from the font metrics. The ascent is the distance from the baseline to the logical top of a line of text. (The logical top may be above or below the top of the actual drawn ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure where the ink will be.)

getDescent

public int getDescent()

Gets the descent from the font metrics. The descent is the distance from the baseline to the logical bottom of a line of text. (The logical bottom may be above or below the bottom of the actual drawn ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure where the ink will be.)

getApproximateCharWidth

public int getApproximateCharWidth()

Gets the approximate character width for the font metrics. This is merely a representative value useful, for example, for determining the initial size for a window. Actual characters in text will be wider and narrower than this.

getApproximateDigitWidth

public int getApproximateDigitWidth()

Gets the approximate digit width for the font metrics. This is merely a representative value useful, for example, for determining the initial size for a window. Actual digits in text can be wider and narrower than this.