Planet PDF Forum Archive

Planet PDF  ForumThe page you are viewing is part of our 160,000 page discussion forum archive. See below for PDF-related discussions spanning 1999-2008. To ask questions and get help, head to the live Planet PDF Forum.


How to search this archive. The quickest way is to use the filters on our Advanced Search page so that only archive pages are included in the results.


Previous | Next | (P-PDF) Developers


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

-----Original Message-----
From: p-pdf-developer Listmanager
[mailto:listmanager@forum.planetpdf.com]
Sent: 17 December 2001 17:41
To: Recipients of 'p-pdf-developer' suppressed
Subject: Font information


From: "Nicola Righetti"

--- Planet PDF Forum | http://forum.planetpdf.com ----

>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



--------- ePublish Store's Top 10 List for November ----------

ARTS Split and Merge Wizard - StampPDF - Win2PDF
ARTS PDF Workshop - Gemini - ARTS Import - BatchPrint
Mapsoft Impress - Jaws PDF Creator - Crackerjack

Find out why these were the best-selling products last
month. Free demos of most at the ePublish Store!
http://www.epublishstore.com/
(formerly known as the Planet PDF Store)

------- Powered by BinaryThing.com & www.PlanetPDF.com -------





PDF In-Depth Free Product Trials Ubiquitous PDF

Pitstop Pro

Now graphic arts professionals have even broader and more expert control over their PDF documents. With...

Download free demo

ARTS PDF Aerialist

The ultimate plug-in for Adobe Acrobat and #1 selling product at PDF Store. Advanced splitting, merging,...

Download free demo

Ubiquitous PDF: PDF eBooks-Library

If you are looking for a good store of PDF content, you could do a lot worse than visiting eBooks-Library.com...

September 03, 2009
Search Planet PDF
more searching options...







Download PDF Creator

PDF Resources
Platinum Sponsor
Create & Edit PDF - Nitro PDF Software

ARTS PDF

Silver Sponsors

PDF-Tools enfocus

QuickPDF: The Unrivaled PDF Developer Toolkit

Get Nitro PDF Professional
Featured Product

NITRO PDF Professional

Built from the ground up, the perfect desktop PDF product for business and enterprise. Nitro PDF Professional has an uncompromising feature set so you can create, combine, edit, collaborate on and...

Featured Event

No upcoming events

PDF Store Categories