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MultipleMaster.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API3245Fri Aug 26 14:56:50 BST 2005java.awt.font

MultipleMaster

public interface MultipleMaster
The MultipleMaster interface represents Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. A particular {@link Font} object can implement this interface.
version
10 Feb 1997

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public java.awt.FontderiveMMFont(float[] axes)
Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on the design axis values contained in the specified array. The size of the array must correspond to the value returned from getNumDesignAxes and the values of the array elements must fall within limits specified by getDesignAxesLimits. In case of an error, null is returned.

param
axes an array containing axis values
return
a {@link Font} object that is an instance of MultipleMaster and is based on the design axis values provided by axes.

public java.awt.FontderiveMMFont(float[] glyphWidths, float avgStemWidth, float typicalCapHeight, float typicalXHeight, float italicAngle)
Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on detailed metric information. In case of an error, null is returned.

param
glyphWidths an array of floats representing the desired width of each glyph in font space
param
avgStemWidth the average stem width for the overall font in font space
param
typicalCapHeight the height of a typical upper case char
param
typicalXHeight the height of a typical lower case char
param
italicAngle the angle at which the italics lean, in degrees counterclockwise from vertical
return
a Font object that is an instance of MultipleMaster and is based on the specified metric information.

public float[]getDesignAxisDefaults()
Returns an array of default design values for each axis. For example, the default value for weight could be 1.6. The values are returned in the same order returned by getDesignAxisNames.

return
an array of default design values for each axis.

public java.lang.String[]getDesignAxisNames()
Returns the name for each design axis. This also determines the order in which the values for each axis are returned.

return
an array containing the names of each design axis.

public float[]getDesignAxisRanges()
Returns an array of design limits interleaved in the form [from->to] for each axis. For example, design limits for weight could be from 0.1 to 1.0. The values are returned in the same order returned by getDesignAxisNames.

return
an array of design limits for each axis.

public intgetNumDesignAxes()
Returns the number of multiple master design controls. Design axes include things like width, weight and optical scaling.

return
the number of multiple master design controls