PDFTextGlyph¶

Namespace: O2S.Components.PDF4NET.Content

Defines a glyph drawn on the PDF page.

public sealed class PDFTextGlyph

Inheritance Object → PDFTextGlyph

Remarks

A glyph is the graphic visual representation of one or more characters. Usually there is a one-to-one correspondence between glyphs and characters but in case of ligatures a glyph can represent 2 or 3 characters.

Properties¶

GlyphCorners¶

Gets the coordinates of the glyph corners.

public PDFPoint[] GlyphCorners { get; internal set; }

Property Value

PDFPoint[]
The coordinates on the page of the glyphs's corners.

Remarks

The order of the corners in the array is the following: lower left, lower right, upper right, upper left. These corners match the text baseline for the lower corners. The PDFTextGlyph.TypographicGlyphCorners property considers the font's Descent for the lower corners.

Height¶

Gets the glyph height.

public double Height { get; }

Property Value

Double
The height of the glyph.

Remarks

The height is computed based on PDFTextGlyph.GlyphCorners property.

Text¶

Gets the text corresponding to the glyph.

public string Text { get; internal set; }

Property Value

String
The sequence of characters represented by the glyph.

TypographicGlyphCorners¶

Gets the typographic coordinates of the glyph corners.

public PDFPoint[] TypographicGlyphCorners { get; internal set; }

Property Value

PDFPoint[]
The typographic coordinates on the page of the glyphs's corners.

Remarks

The order of the typographic corners in the array is the following: lower left, lower right, upper right, upper left. The typographic corners consider the font's Descent for the lower corners. The PDFTextGlyph.GlyphCorners property considers the text baseline for the lower corners.

TypographicHeight¶

Gets the glyph typographic height.

public double TypographicHeight { get; }

Property Value

Double
The typographic height of the glyph.

Remarks

The typographic height is computed based on PDFTextGlyph.TypographicGlyphCorners property.

Width¶

Gets the glyph width.

public double Width { get; }

Property Value

Double
The width of the glyph.

Methods¶

ToString()¶

Gets the glyph as string.

public string ToString()

Returns

String
The glyph as string.