Package org.apache.xmlgraphics.fonts

Class Glyphs

  • public final class Glyphs
extends Object
    This class provides a number of constants for glyph management.

    • Field Detail

      • 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 Detail

      • 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