package Imager::Font::BBox; use strict; =head1 NAME Imager::Font::BBox - objects representing the bounding box of a string. =head1 SYNOPSIS use Imager::Font; # get the object my $font = Imager::Font->new(...); my $bbox = $font->bounding_box(string=>$text, size=>$size); # methods my $start = $bbox->start_offset; my $end = $bbox->end_offset; my $gdescent = $box->global_descent; my $gascent = $bbox->global_ascent; my $ascent = $bbox->ascent; my $decent = $bbox->descent; my $total_width = $bbox->total_width; my $fheight = $bbox->font_height; my $theight = $bbox->text_height; =head1 DESCRIPTION Objects of this class are returned by the Imager::Font bounding_box() method when it is called in scalar context. This will hopefully make the information from this method more accessible. =head1 METHODS =over =item start_offset() Returns the horizonatal offset from the selected drawing location to the left edge of the first character drawn. If this is positive, the first glyph is to the right of the drawing location. The alias neg_width() is present to match the bounding_box() documentation for list context. =cut sub start_offset { return $_[0][0]; } sub neg_width { return $_[0][0]; } =item end_offset() The offset from the selected drawing location to the right edge of the last character drawn. Should always be positive. You can use the alias pos_width() if you are used to the bounding_box() documentation for list context. =cut sub end_offset { return $_[0][2]; } sub pos_width { return $_[0][2]; } =item global_descent() The lowest position relative to the font baseline that any character in the font reaches in the character cell. Normally negative. At least one font we've seen has reported a positive number for this. =cut sub global_descent { return $_[0][1]; } =item global_ascent() The highest position relative to the font baseline that any character in the font reaches in the character cell. Normally positive. =cut sub global_ascent { return $_[0][3]; } =item descent() The lowest position relative to the font baseline that any character in the supplied string reaches. Negative when any character's glyph reaches below the baseline. =cut sub descent { return $_[0][4]; } =item ascent() The highest position relative to the font baseline that any character in the supplied string reaches. Positive if any character's glyph reaches above the baseline. =cut sub ascent { return $_[0][5]; } =item advance_width() =cut sub advance_width { my $self = shift; @$self > 6 ? $self->[6] : $self->[5]; } =item total_width() The total displayed width of the string. =cut sub total_width { my $self = shift; $self->end_offset - $self->start_offset; } =item font_height() The maximum displayed height of any string using this font. =cut sub font_height { my $self = shift; $self->global_ascent - $self->global_descent; } =item text_height() The displayed height of the supplied string. =cut sub text_height { my $self = shift; $self->ascent - $self->descent; } =back =head1 INTERNAL FUNCTIONS =over =item new(...) Called by Imager::Font->bounding_box() to create the object. =cut sub new { my $class = shift; return bless [ @_ ], $class; } =back =head1 BUGS Doesn't reproduce the functionality that you get using the x and y parameters to Imager::Font->bounding_box(). I considered: my ($left, $top, $right, $bottom) = $box->offset(x=>$x, y=>$y) but this is about as clumsy as the original. =head1 AUTHOR Tony Cook =head1 SEE ALSO Imager(3), Imager::Font(3) =cut 1;