org.apache.batik.gvt.font
Interface GVTFontFamily

All Known Implementing Classes:

AWTFontFamily, SVGFontFamily, UnresolvedFontFamily

public interface GVTFontFamily

An interface for all font family classes.

Version:

$Id: GVTFontFamily.java,v 1.4 2003/08/08 11:39:16 vhardy Exp $

Author:

Bella Robinson

Method Summary

GVTFont	deriveFont(float size, java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator aci) Derives a GVTFont object of the correct size.
java.lang.String	getFamilyName() Returns the font family name.
GVTFontFace	getFontFace() Returns the FontFace for this fontFamily instance.

Method Detail

getFamilyName

public java.lang.String getFamilyName()

Returns the font family name.

Returns:

The family name.

getFontFace

public GVTFontFace getFontFace()

Returns the FontFace for this fontFamily instance.

deriveFont

public GVTFont deriveFont(float size,
                          java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator aci)

Derives a GVTFont object of the correct size.

Parameters:

size - The required size of the derived font.

aci - The character iterator that will be rendered using the derived font.