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/* $Id: FontDescriptor.java 721430 2008-11-28 11:13:12Z acumiskey $ */

package org.docx4j.fonts.fop.fonts;


/**
 * This interface enhances the font metrics interface with access methods to
 * value needed to register fonts in various target formats like PDF or
 * PostScript.
 */
public interface FontDescriptor extends FontMetrics {

    /**
     * Returns the ascender value of the font. (Ascent in pdf spec)
     * @return the ascender
     */
    int getAscender();


    /**
     * Returns the capital height of the font.
     * @return the capital height
     */
    int getCapHeight();


    /**
     * Returns the descender value of the font. (Descent in pdf spec)
     * @return the descender value
     */
    int getDescender();


    /**
     * Returns the flags for the font. (See pdf spec)
     * @return the flags
     */
    int getFlags();

    /**
     * Indicates whether the font is a symbolic font.
     * @return true if the font is a symbolic font (i.e. Symbol or ZapfDingbats)
     */
    boolean isSymbolicFont();
    /**
     * Returns the font's bounding box.
     * @return the bounding box
     */
    int[] getFontBBox();


    /**
     * Returns the italic angle for the font.
     * @return the italic angle
     */
    int getItalicAngle();


    /**
     * Returns the vertical stem width for the font.
     * @return the vertical stem width
     */
    int getStemV();


    /**
     * Indicates if this font may be embedded.
     * @return True, if embedding is possible/permitted
     */
    boolean isEmbeddable();


}