org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font

Class PDFontFactory

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFontFactory

public final class PDFontFactory
extends Object

Creates the appropriate font subtype based on information in the dictionary.

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static PDFont	createDefaultFont() Create a default font.
static PDFont	createFont(COSDictionary dictionary) Creates a new PDFont instance with the appropriate subclass.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createFont

public static PDFont createFont(COSDictionary dictionary)
                         throws IOException

Creates a new PDFont instance with the appropriate subclass.

Parameters:

dictionary - a font dictionary

Returns:

a PDFont instance, based on the SubType entry of the dictionary

Throws:

IOException - if something goes wrong

createDefaultFont

public static PDFont createDefaultFont()
                                throws IOException

Create a default font.

Returns:

a default font

Throws:

IOException - if something goes wrong