Typeface Class Referenceabstract
juce_graphics » fonts

A typeface represents a size-independent font. More...

Inheritance diagram for Typeface:

## Public Types

using | Ptr = ReferenceCountedObjectPtr< Typeface >
| A handy typedef for a pointer to a typeface. More...

## Public Member Functions

const String & | getName () const noexcept
| Returns the font family of the typeface. More...
const String & | getStyle () const noexcept
| Returns the font style of the typeface. More...
| ~Typeface () override
| Destructor. More...
virtual bool | isSuitableForFont (const Font &) const
| Returns true if this typeface can be used to render the specified font. More...
virtual float | getAscent () const =0
| Returns the ascent of the font, as a proportion of its height. More...
virtual float | getDescent () const =0
| Returns the descent of the font, as a proportion of its height. More...
virtual float | getHeightToPointsFactor () const =0
| Returns the value by which you should multiply a JUCE font-height value to convert it to the equivalent point-size. More...
virtual float | getStringWidth (const String &text)=0
| Measures the width of a line of text. More...
virtual void | getGlyphPositions (const String &text, Array< int > &glyphs, Array< float > &xOffsets)=0
| Converts a line of text into its glyph numbers and their positions. More...
virtual bool | getOutlineForGlyph (int glyphNumber, Path &path)=0
| Returns the outline for a glyph. More...
virtual EdgeTable * | getEdgeTableForGlyph (int glyphNumber, const AffineTransform &transform, float fontHeight)
| Returns a new EdgeTable that contains the path for the given glyph, with the specified transform applied. More...
virtual bool | isHinted () const
| Returns true if the typeface uses hinting. More...
void | applyVerticalHintingTransform (float fontHeight, Path &path)
| Makes an attempt at performing a good overall distortion that will scale a font of the given size to align vertically with the pixel grid. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from ReferenceCountedObject
void | incReferenceCount () noexcept
| Increments the object's reference count. More...
void | decReferenceCount () noexcept
| Decreases the object's reference count. More...
bool | decReferenceCountWithoutDeleting () noexcept
| Decreases the object's reference count. More...
int | getReferenceCount () const noexcept
| Returns the object's current reference count. More...

## Static Public Member Functions

static Ptr | createSystemTypefaceFor (const Font &font)
| Creates a new system typeface. More...
static Ptr | createSystemTypefaceFor (const void *fontFileData, size_t fontFileDataSize)
| Attempts to create a font from some raw font file data (e.g. More...
static void | setTypefaceCacheSize (int numFontsToCache)
| Changes the number of fonts that are cached in memory. More...
static void | clearTypefaceCache ()
| Clears any fonts that are currently cached in memory. More...
static void | scanFolderForFonts (const File &folder)
| On some platforms, this allows a specific path to be scanned. More...

## Protected Member Functions

| Typeface (const String &name, const String &style) noexcept
Protected Member Functions inherited from ReferenceCountedObject
| ReferenceCountedObject ()=default
| Creates the reference-counted object (with an initial ref count of zero). More...
| ReferenceCountedObject (const ReferenceCountedObject &) noexcept
| Copying from another object does not affect this one's reference-count. More...
| ReferenceCountedObject (ReferenceCountedObject &&) noexcept
| Copying from another object does not affect this one's reference-count. More...
ReferenceCountedObject & | operator= (const ReferenceCountedObject &) noexcept
| Copying from another object does not affect this one's reference-count. More...
ReferenceCountedObject & | operator= (ReferenceCountedObject &&) noexcept
| Copying from another object does not affect this one's reference-count. More...
virtual | ~ReferenceCountedObject ()
| Destructor. More...
void | resetReferenceCount () noexcept
| Resets the reference count to zero without deleting the object. More...

## Static Protected Member Functions

static Ptr | getFallbackTypeface ()

## Protected Attributes

String | name
String | style

## Detailed Description

A typeface represents a size-independent font.

This base class is abstract, but calling createSystemTypefaceFor() will return a platform-specific subclass that can be used.

The CustomTypeface subclass allow you to build your own typeface, and to load and save it in the JUCE typeface format.

Normally you should never need to deal directly with Typeface objects - the Font class does everything you typically need for rendering text.

See also
  CustomTypeface, Font

## Member Typedef Documentation

## Ptr

using Typeface::Ptr = ReferenceCountedObjectPtr<Typeface>

A handy typedef for a pointer to a typeface.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## ~Typeface()

Typeface::~Typeface | ( |  | ) |

override

Destructor.

## Typeface()

Typeface::Typeface | ( | const String & | name,
|  | const String & | style
| ) |  |

protected noexcept

## Member Function Documentation

## getName()

const String& Typeface::getName | ( |  | ) | const

noexcept

Returns the font family of the typeface.

See also
  Font::getTypefaceName

## getStyle()

const String& Typeface::getStyle | ( |  | ) | const

noexcept

Returns the font style of the typeface.

See also
  Font::getTypefaceStyle

## createSystemTypefaceFor() [1/2]

static Ptr Typeface::createSystemTypefaceFor | ( | const Font & | font | ) |

static

Creates a new system typeface.

## createSystemTypefaceFor() [2/2]

static Ptr Typeface::createSystemTypefaceFor | ( | const void * | fontFileData,
|  | size_t | fontFileDataSize
| ) |  |

static

Attempts to create a font from some raw font file data (e.g.

a TTF or OTF file image). The system will take its own internal copy of the data, so you can free the block once this method has returned.

## isSuitableForFont()

virtual bool Typeface::isSuitableForFont | ( | const Font & |  | ) | const

virtual

Returns true if this typeface can be used to render the specified font.

When called, the font will already have been checked to make sure that its name and style flags match the typeface.

## getAscent()

virtual float Typeface::getAscent | ( |  | ) | const

pure virtual

Returns the ascent of the font, as a proportion of its height.

The height is considered to always be normalised as 1.0, so this will be a value less that 1.0, indicating the proportion of the font that lies above its baseline.

Implemented in CustomTypeface.

## getDescent()

virtual float Typeface::getDescent | ( |  | ) | const

pure virtual

Returns the descent of the font, as a proportion of its height.

The height is considered to always be normalised as 1.0, so this will be a value less that 1.0, indicating the proportion of the font that lies below its baseline.

Implemented in CustomTypeface.

## getHeightToPointsFactor()

virtual float Typeface::getHeightToPointsFactor | ( |  | ) | const

pure virtual

Returns the value by which you should multiply a JUCE font-height value to convert it to the equivalent point-size.

Implemented in CustomTypeface.

## getStringWidth()

virtual float Typeface::getStringWidth | ( | const String & | text | ) |

pure virtual

Measures the width of a line of text.

The distance returned is based on the font having an normalised height of 1.0. You should never need to call this directly! Use Font::getStringWidth() instead!

Implemented in CustomTypeface.

## getGlyphPositions()

virtual void Typeface::getGlyphPositions | ( | const String & | text,
|  | Array< int > & | glyphs,
|  | Array< float > & | xOffsets
| ) |  |

pure virtual

Converts a line of text into its glyph numbers and their positions.

The distances returned are based on the font having an normalised height of 1.0. You should never need to call this directly! Use Font::getGlyphPositions() instead!

Implemented in CustomTypeface.

## getOutlineForGlyph()

virtual bool Typeface::getOutlineForGlyph | ( | int | glyphNumber,
|  | Path & | path
| ) |  |

pure virtual

Returns the outline for a glyph.

The path returned will be normalised to a font height of 1.0.

Implemented in CustomTypeface.

## getEdgeTableForGlyph()

virtual EdgeTable* Typeface::getEdgeTableForGlyph | ( | int | glyphNumber,
|  | const AffineTransform & | transform,
|  | float | fontHeight
| ) |  |

virtual

Returns a new EdgeTable that contains the path for the given glyph, with the specified transform applied.

Reimplemented in CustomTypeface.

## isHinted()

virtual bool Typeface::isHinted | ( |  | ) | const

virtual

Returns true if the typeface uses hinting.

## setTypefaceCacheSize()

static void Typeface::setTypefaceCacheSize | ( | int | numFontsToCache | ) |

static

Changes the number of fonts that are cached in memory.

## clearTypefaceCache()

static void Typeface::clearTypefaceCache | ( |  | ) |

static

Clears any fonts that are currently cached in memory.

## scanFolderForFonts()

static void Typeface::scanFolderForFonts | ( | const File & | folder | ) |

static

On some platforms, this allows a specific path to be scanned.

On macOS you can load .ttf and .otf files, otherwise this is only available when using FreeType.

## applyVerticalHintingTransform()

void Typeface::applyVerticalHintingTransform | ( | float | fontHeight,
|  | Path & | path
| ) |  |

Makes an attempt at performing a good overall distortion that will scale a font of the given size to align vertically with the pixel grid.

The path should be an unscaled (i.e. normalised to height of 1.0) path for a glyph.

## getFallbackTypeface()

static Ptr Typeface::getFallbackTypeface | ( |  | ) |

static protected

## Member Data Documentation

## name

String Typeface::name

protected

## style

String Typeface::style

protected

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

- juce_Typeface.h