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Topic: RE: Font information (Via Email)
Conf: (P-PDF) Developers, Msg: 31691
From: skajan
Date: 12/18/2001 04:41 AM

You will find them in the font descriptor dictionary

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From: p-pdf-developer Listmanager
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Sent: 17 December 2001 17:41
To: Recipients of 'p-pdf-developer' suppressed
Subject: Font information


From: "Nicola Righetti"

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>Now
>i'm trying to add font information and i don't know where i can find the
>values for BoundingBox Ascent Descent WIdths and so on.

> All that information is in the font itself. You either need to
>parse the different font formats yourself, use a library such as FreeType
>(http://www.freetype.com), or make OS calls.

I need to insert a simple string using a Windows True Type Font i.e. Tahoma.
Which calls do i have to use to get this info?
Plase help
Regards
Nicola



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