FontRegistry (LibFonts 9.3.0.0-424 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFontFileRegistry, AfmFontRegistry, AWTFontRegistry, CompoundFontRegistry, ITextBuiltInFontRegistry, ITextFontRegistry, MonospaceFontRegistry, PfmFontRegistry, TrueTypeFontRegistry
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public interface FontRegistry
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Creation-Date: 16.12.2005, 20:11:11

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`FontMetricsFactory`	`createMetricsFactory()`	Creates a new font metrics factory.
`String[]`	`getAllRegisteredFamilies()`
`FontFamily`	`getFontFamily(String name)`	Tries to find a font family with the given name, looking through all alternative font names if neccessary.
`String[]`	`getRegisteredFamilies()`
`FontCache`	`getSecondLevelCache()`
`void`	`initialize()`

- Method Detail
  - initialize
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void initialize()
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  - getSecondLevelCache
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FontCache getSecondLevelCache()
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  - getFontFamily
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FontFamily getFontFamily(String name)
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    Tries to find a font family with the given name, looking through all alternative font names if neccessary.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name -
    
    Returns:
    
    the font family or null, if there is no such family.
  - getRegisteredFamilies
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String[] getRegisteredFamilies()
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  - getAllRegisteredFamilies
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String[] getAllRegisteredFamilies()
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  - createMetricsFactory
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FontMetricsFactory createMetricsFactory()
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    Creates a new font metrics factory. That factory is specific to a certain font registry and is not required to handle font records from foreign font registries.
    A font metrics factory should never be used on its own. It should be embedded into and used by a FontStorage implementation.
    
    Returns: