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ps_string_geometry(3) [php man page]

PS_STRING_GEOMETRY(3)							 1						     PS_STRING_GEOMETRY(3)

ps_string_geometry - Gets geometry of a string

SYNOPSIS
array ps_string_geometry (resource $psdoc, string $text, [int $fontid], [float $size = 0.0]) DESCRIPTION
This function is similar to ps_stringwidth(3) but returns an array of dimensions containing the width, ascender, and descender of the text. PARAMETERS
o $psdoc - Resource identifier of the postscript file as returned by ps_new(3). o $text - The text for which the geometry is to be calculated. o $fontid - The identifier of the font to be used. If not font is specified the current font will be used. o $size - The size of the font. If no size is specified the current size is used. RETURN VALUES
An array of the dimensions of a string. The element 'width' contains the width of the string as returned by ps_stringwidth(3). The element 'descender' contains the maximum descender and 'ascender' the maximum ascender of the string. SEE ALSO
ps_continue_text(3), ps_stringwidth(3). PHP Documentation Group PS_STRING_GEOMETRY(3)

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PS_FINDFONT(3)								 1							    PS_FINDFONT(3)

ps_findfont - Loads a font

SYNOPSIS
int ps_findfont (resource $psdoc, string $fontname, string $encoding, [bool $embed = false]) DESCRIPTION
Loads a font for later use. Before text is output with a loaded font it must be set with ps_setfont(3). This function needs the adobe font metric file in order to calculate the space used up by the characters. A font which is loaded within a page will only be available on that page. Fonts which are to be used in the complete document have to be loaded before the first call of ps_begin_page(3). Calling ps_find- font(3) between pages will make that font available for all following pages. The name of the afm file must be $fontname .afm. If the font shall be embedded the file $fontname .pfb containing the font outline must be present as well. Calling ps_findfont(3) before the first page requires to output the postscript header which includes the BoundingBox for the whole docu- ment. Usually the BoundingBox is set with the first call of ps_begin_page(3) which now comes after ps_findfont(3). Consequently the Bound- ingBox has not been set and a warning will be issued when ps_findfont(3) is called. In order to prevent this situation, one should call ps_set_parameter(3) to set the BoundingBox before ps_findfont(3) is called. PARAMETERS
o $psdoc - Resource identifier of the postscript file as returned by ps_new(3). o $fontname - The name of the font. o $encoding -ps_findfont(3) will try to load the file passed in the parameter $encoding. Encoding files are of the same syntax as those used by dvips(1). They contain a font encoding vector (which is currently not used but must be present) and a list of extra ligatures to extend the list of ligatures derived from the afm file. $encoding can be NULL or the empty string if the default encoding (TeXBase1) shall be used. If the encoding is set to builtin then there will be no reencoding and the font specific encoding will be used. This is very useful with symbol fonts. o $embed - If set to a value >0 the font will be embedded into the document. This requires the font outline (.pfb file) to be present. RETURN VALUES
Returns the identifier of the font or zero in case of an error. The identifier is a positive number. SEE ALSO
ps_begin_page(3), ps_setfont(3). PHP Documentation Group PS_FINDFONT(3)
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