Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: DynaPDF.FontInfo

Topics All MacOS (Only) Windows (Only) Linux (Only, Not) iOS (Only, Not)
Components Crossplatform Mac & Win Server Client Old Deprecated Guides Examples Videos
New in version: 9.3 9.4 9.5 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Statistic FMM Blog

DynaPDF.FontInfo

Retrieves the most important properties of a font.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
DynaPDF	5.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "DynaPDF.FontInfo"; PDF; Index; Selector { ; FileName } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

PDF The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. $pdf

Index The font index from zero to DynaPDF.GetFontCount. 0

Selector Which value to return. Can be Ascent, AvgWidth, BaseEncoding, BaseFont, CapHeight, CharSet, CharSetSize, CIDOrdering, CIDRegistry, CIDSet, CIDSetSize, CIDSupplement, CIDToGIDMap, CMapBuf, CMapBufSize, CMapName, Encoding, FirstChar, FontBBox, Flags, FontBufSize, FontBuffer, FontFamily, FontFilePath, FontFileType, FontName, FontStretch, FontType, FontWeight, FullName, HaveEncoding, HorzWidths, HorzWidthsCount, Imported, ItalicAngle, Lang, LastChar, Leading, Length1, Length2, Length3, MaxWidth, Metadata, MetadataSize, MisWidth, Panose, PostScriptName, SpaceWidth, StemH, StemV, ToUnicode, ToUnicodeSize, VertDefPos, VertWidths, VertWidthsCount, WMode or XHeight. "FamilyName"

FileName Optional file name for values returned as container values. For CMapBuf and FontBuffer. "test.dat" Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
Index	The font index from zero to DynaPDF.GetFontCount.	0
Selector	Which value to return. Can be Ascent, AvgWidth, BaseEncoding, BaseFont, CapHeight, CharSet, CharSetSize, CIDOrdering, CIDRegistry, CIDSet, CIDSetSize, CIDSupplement, CIDToGIDMap, CMapBuf, CMapBufSize, CMapName, Encoding, FirstChar, FontBBox, Flags, FontBufSize, FontBuffer, FontFamily, FontFilePath, FontFileType, FontName, FontStretch, FontType, FontWeight, FullName, HaveEncoding, HorzWidths, HorzWidthsCount, Imported, ItalicAngle, Lang, LastChar, Leading, Length1, Length2, Length3, MaxWidth, Metadata, MetadataSize, MisWidth, Panose, PostScriptName, SpaceWidth, StemH, StemV, ToUnicode, ToUnicodeSize, VertDefPos, VertWidths, VertWidthsCount, WMode or XHeight.	"FamilyName"
FileName	Optional file name for values returned as container values. For CMapBuf and FontBuffer.	"test.dat"	Optional

Result

Returns value or error.

Description

Retrieves the most important properties of a font.
CMapBuf and FontBuffer values are returned as container values.
HorzWidths is returned as a list of floating point numbers separated by newline character.
VertDefPos is returned as two floating point numbers for X and Y separated by space character.
VertWidths is returned as list of three floating pointing numbers. First is width, second X and third value is Y.
FontFamily, FontFilePath, FullName and PostScriptName are returned as unicode texts if possible.

For embedded fonts the FontBufSize field is > 0.

Examples

Get Family Name for first font:

MBS( "DynaPDF.FontInfo"; $pdf; 0; "FamilyName" )

Create records with family name for each font in PDF file:

#Load PDF from container
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf; System Font Info::PDF)]
#import a page
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile"; $pdf; 1)]
#List fonts in PDF
Set Variable [$FontCount; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.GetFontCount"; $pdf)]
If [$FontCount > 0]
Set Variable [$index; Value:0]
Loop
#Get values
New Record/Request
Set Field [System Font Info::FontFamily; MBS("DynaPDF.FontInfo"; $pdf; $Index; "FontFamily")]
Commit Records/Requests [Skip data entry validation; No dialog]
#Next
Set Variable [$Index; Value:1 + $Index]
Exit Loop If [$Index >= $FontCount]
End Loop
End If

Example Databases

DynaPDF/PDF Font Info

Blog Entries

MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 5.1pr2

Created 21st March 2015, last changed 20th December 2019

DynaPDF.FlushPagesEx - DynaPDF.FreeTextAnnot

Feedback: Report problem or ask question.