NAME
PostScript::Report::Font - Represents a PostScript font
VERSION
This document describes version 0.06 of PostScript::Report::Font, released November 30, 2013 as part of PostScript-Report version 0.13.
DESCRIPTION
PostScript::Report::Font represents a font in a PostScript::Report. You won't deal directly with Font objects unless you are writing your own Components.
You construct a Font object by calling the report's "get_font" in PostScript::Report method.
ATTRIBUTES
font
This is the PostScript name of the font to use.
id
This is the PostScript identifier for the scaled font (assigned by the document).
metrics
This is a PostScript::File::Metrics object providing information about the dimensions of the font.
size
This is the size of the font in points.
METHODS
width
$font->width($text)This returns the width of $text (in points) if it were printed in this font. $text should not contain newlines.
wrap
@lines = $font->wrap($width, $text)This wraps $text into lines of no more than $width points. If $text contains newlines, they will also cause line breaks.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
PostScript::Report::Font requires no configuration files or environment variables.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
AUTHOR
Christopher J. Madsen <perl AT cjmweb.net>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to <bug-PostScript-Report AT rt.cpan.org> or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=PostScript-Report.
You can follow or contribute to PostScript-Report's development at https://github.com/madsen/postscript-report.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I'd like to thank Micro Technology Services, Inc. http://www.mitsi.com, who sponsored development of PostScript-Report, and fREW Schmidt, who recommended me for the job. It wouldn't have happened without them.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Christopher J. Madsen.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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