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| author | Chris Sherlock <chris.sherlock79@gmail.com> | 2015-12-25 12:21:26 +1100 |
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| committer | Chris Sherlock <chris.sherlock79@gmail.com> | 2015-12-25 12:21:48 +1100 |
| commit | 125cdf3404e60cf78f2a5547e9a06ce994df5c8e (patch) | |
| tree | b5dae75e1e2294db7a55a02d0f30bb7d85c01bbf /vcl | |
| parent | a20a52a2f47c67ab30bf764d420c663f7173f032 (diff) | |
vcl: note about physical and logical fonts
Change-Id: I8e767ed61b93e1099f6e10ef77e813ba4e8d22db
Diffstat (limited to 'vcl')
| -rw-r--r-- | vcl/inc/PhysicalFontFace.hxx | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/vcl/inc/PhysicalFontFace.hxx b/vcl/inc/PhysicalFontFace.hxx index aed2f031b20a..7d0b43c0a43e 100644 --- a/vcl/inc/PhysicalFontFace.hxx +++ b/vcl/inc/PhysicalFontFace.hxx @@ -46,6 +46,23 @@ public: // TODO: make cloning cheaper // abstract base class for physical font faces + +// Note about physical and logical fonts: +// +// A physical font is a concept we have taken from the Java world +// +// From https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/2d/text/fonts.html +// +// There are two types of fonts: physical fonts and logical fonts. +// Physical fonts are the actual font libraries consisting of, for +// example, TrueType or PostScript Type 1 fonts. The physical fonts +// may be Time, Helvetica, Courier, or any number of other fonts, +// including international fonts. Logical fonts are the following +// five font families: Serif, SansSerif, Monospaced, Dialog, and +// DialogInput. These logical fonts are not actual font libraries. +// Instead, the logical font names are mapped to physical fonts by +// the Java runtime environment. + class VCL_PLUGIN_PUBLIC PhysicalFontFace : public ImplDevFontAttributes { public: |