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Font::TTF::GDEF(3) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Font::TTF::GDEF(3) |
NAME¶
Font::TTF::GDEF - Opentype GDEF table support
DESCRIPTION¶
The GDEF table contains various global lists of information which are apparantly used in other places in an OpenType renderer. But precisely where is open to speculation...
INSTANCE VARIABLES¶
There are 4 tables in the GDEF table, each with their own structure:
- GLYPH
- This is an Font::TTF::Coverage Class Definition table containing information as to what type each glyph is.
- ATTACH
- The attach table consists of a coverage table and then attachment points for each glyph in the coverage table:
- COVERAGE
- This is a coverage table
- POINTS
- This is an array of point elements. Each element is an array of curve points corresponding to the attachment points on that glyph. The order of the curve points in the array corresponds to the attachment point number specified in the MARKS coverage table (see below).
- LIG
- This contains the ligature caret positioning information for ligature glyphs
- MARKS
- Due to confusion in the GDEF specification, this field is currently
withdrawn until the confusion is resolved. That way, perhaps this stuff
will work!
This class definition table stores the mark attachment point numbers for each attachment mark, to indicate which attachment point the mark attaches to on its base glyph.
METHODS¶
$t->read¶
Reads the table into the data structure
$t->out($fh)¶
Writes out this table.
2008-06-11 | perl v5.10.1 |