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FontCharacterMap Class

Definition

Namespace Broadside.Fonts
Assembly Broadside.dll
Inherits Object
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One subtable of a TrueType or OpenType program's "cmap" table: a mapping from character codes to glyph ids.

public abstract class FontCharacterMap

Remarks

ISO 32000-2 §9.6.5.4: a subtable is identified by its platform and encoding ids, such as (3, 1) for Microsoft Unicode, (3, 0) for Microsoft Symbol and (1, 0) for Macintosh Roman; the PDF font layer chooses among them (OpenType "cmap" table). Not to be confused with a PDF CMap (§9.7.5).

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Constructors (1)

FontCharacterMap()Initializes a new instance of the FontCharacterMap class.

Properties (3)

EncodingIdGets the platform-specific encoding id, such as 1 for Unicode BMP or 0 for Symbol on the Windows platform.
FormatGets the subtable format: 0, 2, 4, 6, 12 or 13 (OpenType "cmap" table).
PlatformIdGets the platform id: 0 Unicode, 1 Macintosh, 3 Windows.

Methods (1)

GetGlyphId(Int32)Looks up the glyph id of a character code.