Checks if this Font has a glyph for the specified character.

  Checks if this Font has a glyph for the specified character.

Note: This method cannot handle supplementary characters. To support all Unicode characters, including supplementary characters, use the Font.canDisplay(int) method or canDisplayUpTo methods.
Returns: true if this Font has a glyph for this character; false otherwise.
Parameters:
- c - the character for which a glyph is needed
Since: 1.2

  Checks if this Font has a glyph for the specified character.

  Checks if this Font has a glyph for the specified
character.
Returns: true if this Font has a glyph for the character; false otherwise.
Parameters:
- codePoint - the character (Unicode code point) for which a glyph is needed.
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - if the code point is not a valid Unicode code point.
Since: 1.5
See Also: Character.isValidCodePoint(int),

  Indicates whether or not this Font can display the characters in the specified text starting at start and ending at limit.

  Indicates whether or not this Font can display
the characters in the specified text
starting at start and ending at
limit. This method is a convenience overload.
Returns: an offset into text that points to the first character in text that this Font cannot display; or -1 if this Font can display all characters in text.
Parameters:
- text - the specified array of char values
- start - the specified starting offset (in chars) into the specified array of char values
- limit - the specified ending offset (in chars) into the specified array of char values
Since: 1.2

  Indicates whether or not this Font can display the text specified by the iter starting at start and ending at limit.

  Indicates whether or not this Font can display the
text specified by the iter starting at
start and ending at limit.
Returns: an offset into iter that points to the first character in iter that this Font cannot display; or -1 if this Font can display all characters in iter.
Parameters:
- iter - a {@link CharacterIterator} object
- start - the specified starting offset into the specified CharacterIterator.
- limit - the specified ending offset into the specified CharacterIterator.
Since: 1.2

  Indicates whether or not this Font can display a specified String.

  Indicates whether or not this Font can display a
specified String. For strings with Unicode encoding,
it is important to know if a particular font can display the
string. This method returns an offset into the String
str which is the first character this
Font cannot display without using the missing glyph
code. If the Font can display all characters, -1 is
returned.
Returns: an offset into str that points to the first character in str that this Font cannot display; or -1 if this Font can display all characters in str.
Parameters:
- str - a String object
Since: 1.2

  Returns a new Font using the specified font type and the specified font file.

  Returns a new Font using the specified font type
and the specified font file. The new Font is
created with a point size of 1 and style PLAIN.
This base font can then be used with the deriveFont
methods in this class to derive new Font objects with
varying sizes, styles, transforms and font features.
Returns: a new Font created with the specified font type.
Parameters:
- fontFormat - the type of the Font, which is {@link #TRUETYPE_FONT TRUETYPE_FONT} if a TrueType resource is specified or {@link #TYPE1_FONT TYPE1_FONT} if a Type 1 resource is specified. So long as the returned font, or its derived fonts are referenced the implementation may continue to access fontFile to retrieve font data. Thus the results are undefined if the file is changed, or becomes inaccessible.

To make the Font available to Font constructors the returned Font must be registered in the GraphicsEnviroment by calling {@link GraphicsEnvironment#registerFont(Font) registerFont(Font)}.
- fontFile - a File object representing the input data for the font.
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - if fontFormat is not TRUETYPE_FONTorTYPE1_FONT.
- NullPointerException - if fontFile is null.
- IOException - if the fontFile cannot be read.
- FontFormatException - if fontFile does not contain the required font tables for the specified format.
- SecurityException - if the executing code does not have permission to read from the file.
Since: 1.5
See Also: GraphicsEnvironment.registerFont(Font),

  Returns a new Font using the specified font type and input data.

  Returns a new Font using the specified font type and input data. The new Font is created with a point size of 1 and style PLAIN. This base font can then be used with the deriveFont methods in this class to derive new Font objects with varying sizes, styles, transforms and font features. This method does not close the InputStream.

To make the Font available to Font constructors the returned Font must be registered in the GraphicsEnviroment by calling registerFont(Font).
Returns: a new Font created with the specified font type.
Parameters:
- fontFormat - the type of the Font, which is {@link #TRUETYPE_FONT TRUETYPE_FONT} if a TrueType resource is specified. or {@link #TYPE1_FONT TYPE1_FONT} if a Type 1 resource is specified.
- fontStream - an InputStream object representing the input data for the font.
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - if fontFormat is not TRUETYPE_FONTorTYPE1_FONT.
- FontFormatException - if the fontStream data does not contain the required font tables for the specified format.
- IOException - if the fontStream cannot be completely read.
Since: 1.3
See Also: GraphicsEnvironment.registerFont(Font),

  Creates a GlyphVector by mapping characters to glyphs one-to-one based on the Unicode cmap in this Font.

  Creates a GlyphVector by
mapping characters to glyphs one-to-one based on the
Unicode cmap in this Font. This method does no other
processing besides the mapping of glyphs to characters. This
means that this method is not useful for some scripts, such
as Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, and Indic, that require reordering,
shaping, or ligature substitution.
Returns: a new GlyphVector created with the specified array of characters and the specified FontRenderContext.
Parameters:
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext
- chars - the specified array of characters

  Creates a GlyphVector by mapping the specified characters to glyphs one-to-one based on the Unicode cmap in this Font.

  Creates a GlyphVector by
mapping the specified characters to glyphs one-to-one based on the
Unicode cmap in this Font. This method does no other
processing besides the mapping of glyphs to characters. This
means that this method is not useful for some scripts, such
as Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, and Indic, that require reordering,
shaping, or ligature substitution.
Returns: a new GlyphVector created with the specified CharacterIterator and the specified FontRenderContext.
Parameters:
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext
- ci - the specified CharacterIterator

  Creates a GlyphVector by mapping characters to glyphs one-to-one based on the Unicode cmap in this Font.

  Creates a GlyphVector by
mapping characters to glyphs one-to-one based on the
Unicode cmap in this Font. This method does no other
processing besides the mapping of glyphs to characters. This
means that this method is not useful for some scripts, such
as Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, and Indic, that require reordering,
shaping, or ligature substitution.
Returns: a new GlyphVector created with the specified integer array and the specified FontRenderContext.
Parameters:
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext
- glyphCodes - the specified integer array

  Creates a GlyphVector by mapping characters to glyphs one-to-one based on the Unicode cmap in this Font.

  Creates a GlyphVector by
mapping characters to glyphs one-to-one based on the
Unicode cmap in this Font. This method does no other
processing besides the mapping of glyphs to characters. This
means that this method is not useful for some scripts, such
as Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, and Indic, that require reordering,
shaping, or ligature substitution.
Returns: a new GlyphVector created with the specified String and the specified FontRenderContext.
Parameters:
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext
- str - the specified String

  Returns the Font that the str argument describes.

  Returns the Font that the str argument describes. To ensure that this method returns the desired Font, format the str parameter in one of these ways

• fontname-style-pointsize
• fontname-pointsize
• fontname-style
• fontname
• fontname style pointsize
• fontname pointsize
• fontname style
• fontname

in which style is one of the four case-insensitive strings: "PLAIN", "BOLD", "BOLDITALIC", or "ITALIC", and pointsize is a positive decimal integer representation of the point size. For example, if you want a font that is Arial, bold, with a point size of 18, you would call this method with: "Arial-BOLD-18". This is equivalent to calling the Font constructor : new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 18); and the values are interpreted as specified by that constructor.

A valid trailing decimal field is always interpreted as the pointsize. Therefore a fontname containing a trailing decimal value should not be used in the fontname only form.

If a style name field is not one of the valid style strings, it is interpreted as part of the font name, and the default style is used.

Only one of ' ' or '-' may be used to separate fields in the input. The identified separator is the one closest to the end of the string which separates a valid pointsize, or a valid style name from the rest of the string. Null (empty) pointsize and style fields are treated as valid fields with the default value for that field.

Some font names may include the separator characters ' ' or '-'. If str is not formed with 3 components, e.g. such that style or pointsize fields are not present in str, and fontname also contains a character determined to be the separator character then these characters where they appear as intended to be part of fontname may instead be interpreted as separators so the font name may not be properly recognised.

The default size is 12 and the default style is PLAIN. If str does not specify a valid size, the returned Font has a size of 12. If str does not specify a valid style, the returned Font has a style of PLAIN. If you do not specify a valid font name in the str argument, this method will return a font with the family name "Dialog". To determine what font family names are available on your system, use the GraphicsEnvironment.getAvailableFontFamilyNames() method. If str is null, a new Font is returned with the family name "Dialog", a size of 12 and a PLAIN style.
Returns: the Font object that str describes, or a new default Font if str is null.
Parameters:
- str - the name of the font, or null
Since: JDK1.1
See Also: Font.getFamily(),

  Creates a new Font object by replicating the current Font object and applying a new transform to it.

  Creates a new Font object by replicating the current
Font object and applying a new transform to it.
Returns: a new Font object.
Parameters:
- trans - the AffineTransform associated with the new Font
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - if trans is null
Since: 1.2

  Creates a new Font object by replicating the current Font object and applying a new size to it.

  Creates a new Font object by replicating the current
Font object and applying a new size to it.
Returns: a new Font object.
Parameters:
- size - the size for the new Font.
Since: 1.2

  Creates a new Font object by replicating the current Font object and applying a new style to it.

  Creates a new Font object by replicating the current
Font object and applying a new style to it.
Returns: a new Font object.
Parameters:
- style - the style for the new Font
Since: 1.2

  Creates a new Font object by replicating this Font object and applying a new style and transform.

  Creates a new Font object by replicating this
Font object and applying a new style and transform.
Returns: a new Font object.
Parameters:
- style - the style for the new Font
- trans - the AffineTransform associated with the new Font
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - if trans is null
Since: 1.2

  Creates a new Font object by replicating this Font object and applying a new style and size.

  Creates a new Font object by replicating this
Font object and applying a new style and size.
Returns: a new Font object.
Parameters:
- style - the style for the new Font
- size - the size for the new Font
Since: 1.2

  Creates a new Font object by replicating the current Font object and applying a new set of font attributes to it.

  Creates a new Font object by replicating the current
Font object and applying a new set of font attributes
to it.
Returns: a new Font object.
Parameters:
- attributes - a map of attributes enabled for the new Font
Since: 1.2

  Compares this Font object to the specified Object.

  Compares this Font object to the specified
Object.
Returns: true if the objects are the same or if the argument is a Font object describing the same font as this object; false otherwise.
Parameters:
- obj - the Object to compare
Since: JDK1.0

Disposes the native Font object.

  Returns a map of font attributes available in this Font.

  Returns a map of font attributes available in this
Font. Attributes include things like ligatures and
glyph substitution.
Returns: the attributes map of this Font.

  Returns the keys of all the attributes supported by this Font.

  Returns the keys of all the attributes supported by this
Font. These attributes can be used to derive other
fonts.
Returns: an array containing the keys of all the attributes supported by this Font.
Since: 1.2

  Returns the baseline appropriate for displaying this character.

  Returns the baseline appropriate for displaying this character.

Large fonts can support different writing systems, and each system can use a different baseline. The character argument determines the writing system to use. Clients should not assume all characters use the same baseline.
Returns: the baseline appropriate for the specified character.
Parameters:
- c - a character used to identify the writing system
Since: 1.2
See Also: LineMetrics.getBaselineOffsets(), Font.ROMAN_BASELINE, Font.CENTER_BASELINE, Font.HANGING_BASELINE,

  Returns the family name of this Font.

  Returns the family name of this Font.

The family name of a font is font specific. Two fonts such as Helvetica Italic and Helvetica Bold have the same family name, Helvetica, whereas their font face names are Helvetica Bold and Helvetica Italic. The list of available family names may be obtained by using the GraphicsEnvironment.getAvailableFontFamilyNames() method.

Use getName to get the logical name of the font. Use getFontName to get the font face name of the font.
Returns: a String that is the family name of this Font.
Since: JDK1.1
See Also: Font.getName(), Font.getFontName(),

  Returns the family name of this Font, localized for the specified locale.

  Returns the family name of this Font, localized for the specified locale.

The family name of a font is font specific. Two fonts such as Helvetica Italic and Helvetica Bold have the same family name, Helvetica, whereas their font face names are Helvetica Bold and Helvetica Italic. The list of available family names may be obtained by using the GraphicsEnvironment.getAvailableFontFamilyNames() method.

Use getFontName to get the font face name of the font.
Returns: a String representing the family name of the font, localized for the specified locale.
Parameters:
- l - locale for which to get the family name
Since: 1.2
See Also: Font.getFontName(), Locale,

  Returns a Font appropriate to the attributes.

  Returns a Font appropriate to the attributes.
If attributescontains a FONT attribute
with a valid Font as its value, it will be
merged with any remaining attributes. See
TextAttribute.FONT for more
information.
Returns: a new Font created with the specified attributes
Parameters:
- attributes - the attributes to assign to the new Font
Throws:
- NullPointerException - if attributes is null.
Since: 1.2
See Also: TextAttribute,

  Returns a Font object from the system properties list.

  Returns a Font object from the system properties list.
nm is treated as the name of a system property to be
obtained. The String value of this property is then
interpreted as a Font object according to the
specification of Font.decode(String)
If the specified property is not found, or the executing code does
not have permission to read the property, null is returned instead.
Returns: a Font object that the property name describes, or null if no such property exists.
Parameters:
- nm - the property name
Throws:
- NullPointerException - if nm is null.
Since: 1.2
See Also: Font.decode(String),

  Gets the specified Font from the system properties list.

  Gets the specified Font from the system properties list. As in the getProperty method of System, the first argument is treated as the name of a system property to be obtained. The String value of this property is then interpreted as a Font object.

The property value should be one of the forms accepted by Font.decode(String) If the specified property is not found, or the executing code does not have permission to read the property, the font argument is returned instead.
Returns: the Font value of the property.
Parameters:
- nm - the case-insensitive property name
- font - a default Font to return if property nm is not defined
Throws:
- NullPointerException - if nm is null.
See Also: Font.decode(String),

  Returns the font face name of this Font.

  Returns the font face name of this Font. For example,
Helvetica Bold could be returned as a font face name.
Use getFamily to get the family name of the font.
Use getName to get the logical name of the font.
Returns: a String representing the font face name of this Font.
Since: 1.2
See Also: Font.getFamily(), Font.getName(),

  Returns the font face name of the Font, localized for the specified locale.

  Returns the font face name of the Font, localized
for the specified locale. For example, Helvetica Fett could be
returned as the font face name.
Use getFamily to get the family name of the font.
Returns: a String representing the font face name, localized for the specified locale.
Parameters:
- l - a locale for which to get the font face name
See Also: Font.getFamily(), Locale,

  Returns the italic angle of this Font.

  Returns the italic angle of this Font. The italic angle
is the inverse slope of the caret which best matches the posture of this
Font.
Returns: the angle of the ITALIC style of this Font.
See Also: TextAttribute.POSTURE,

  Returns a LineMetrics object created with the specified arguments.

  Returns a LineMetrics object created with the
specified arguments.
Returns: a LineMetrics object created with the specified arguments.
Parameters:
- chars - an array of characters
- beginIndex - the initial offset of chars
- limit - the end offset of chars
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext

  Returns a LineMetrics object created with the specified arguments.

  Returns a LineMetrics object created with the
specified arguments.
Returns: a LineMetrics object created with the specified arguments.
Parameters:
- ci - the specified CharacterIterator
- beginIndex - the initial offset in ci
- limit - the end offset of ci
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext

  Returns a LineMetrics object created with the specified String and FontRenderContext.

  Returns a LineMetrics object created with the specified
String and FontRenderContext.
Returns: a LineMetrics object created with the specified String and {@link FontRenderContext}.
Parameters:
- str - the specified String
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext

  Returns a LineMetrics object created with the specified arguments.

  Returns a LineMetrics object created with the
specified arguments.
Returns: a LineMetrics object created with the specified arguments.
Parameters:
- str - the specified String
- beginIndex - the initial offset of str
- limit - the end offset of str
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext

  Returns the bounds for the character with the maximum bounds as defined in the specified FontRenderContext.

  Returns the bounds for the character with the maximum bounds as defined in the specified FontRenderContext.

Note: The returned bounds is in baseline-relative coordinates (see class notes).
Returns: a Rectangle2D that is the bounding box for the character with the maximum bounds.
Parameters:
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext

  Returns the glyphCode which is used when this Font does not have a glyph for a specified unicode code point.

  Returns the glyphCode which is used when this Font
does not have a glyph for a specified unicode code point.
Returns: the glyphCode of this Font.
Since: 1.2

  Returns the logical name of this Font.

  Returns the logical name of this Font.
Use getFamily to get the family name of the font.
Use getFontName to get the font face name of the font.
Returns: a String representing the logical name of this Font.
Since: JDK1.0
See Also: Font.getFamily(), Font.getFontName(),

  Returns the number of glyphs in this Font.

  Returns the number of glyphs in this Font. Glyph codes
for this Font range from 0 to
getNumGlyphs() - 1.
Returns: the number of glyphs in this Font.
Since: 1.2

  Gets the peer of this Font.

  Gets the peer of this Font.
Returns: the peer of the Font.
Since: JDK1.1

  Returns the postscript name of this Font.

  Returns the postscript name of this Font.
Use getFamily to get the family name of the font.
Use getFontName to get the font face name of the font.
Returns: a String representing the postscript name of this Font.
Since: 1.2

  Returns the point size of this Font, rounded to an integer.

  Returns the point size of this Font, rounded to an integer. Most users are familiar with the idea of using point size to specify the size of glyphs in a font. This point size defines a measurement between the baseline of one line to the baseline of the following line in a single spaced text document. The point size is based on typographic points, approximately 1/72 of an inch.

The Java(tm)2D API adopts the convention that one point is equivalent to one unit in user coordinates. When using a normalized transform for converting user space coordinates to device space coordinates 72 user space units equal 1 inch in device space. In this case one point is 1/72 of an inch.
Returns: the point size of this Font in 1/72 of an inch units.
Since: JDK1.0
See Also: Font.getSize2D(), GraphicsConfiguration.getDefaultTransform(), GraphicsConfiguration.getNormalizingTransform(),

  Returns the point size of this Font in float value.

  Returns the point size of this Font in
float value.
Returns: the point size of this Font as a float value.
Since: 1.2
See Also: Font.getSize(),

  Returns the logical bounds of the specified array of characters in the specified FontRenderContext.

  Returns the logical bounds of the specified array of characters in the specified FontRenderContext. The logical bounds contains the origin, ascent, advance, and height, which includes the leading. The logical bounds does not always enclose all the text. For example, in some languages and in some fonts, accent marks can be positioned above the ascent or below the descent. To obtain a visual bounding box, which encloses all the text, use the getBounds method of TextLayout.

Note: The returned bounds is in baseline-relative coordinates (see class notes).
Returns: a Rectangle2D that is the bounding box of the specified array of characters in the specified FontRenderContext.
Parameters:
- chars - an array of characters
- beginIndex - the initial offset in the array of characters
- limit - the end offset in the array of characters
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext
Throws:
- IndexOutOfBoundsException - if beginIndex is less than zero, or limit is greater than the length of chars, or beginIndex is greater than limit.
Since: 1.2
See Also: FontRenderContext, Font.createGlyphVector(java.awt.font.FontRenderContext, java.lang.String),

  Returns the logical bounds of the characters indexed in the specified CharacterIterator in the specified FontRenderContext.

  Returns the logical bounds of the characters indexed in the specified CharacterIterator in the specified FontRenderContext. The logical bounds contains the origin, ascent, advance, and height, which includes the leading. The logical bounds does not always enclose all the text. For example, in some languages and in some fonts, accent marks can be positioned above the ascent or below the descent. To obtain a visual bounding box, which encloses all the text, use the getBounds method of TextLayout.

Note: The returned bounds is in baseline-relative coordinates (see class notes).
Returns: a Rectangle2D that is the bounding box of the characters indexed in the specified CharacterIterator in the specified FontRenderContext.
Parameters:
- ci - the specified CharacterIterator
- beginIndex - the initial offset in ci
- limit - the end offset in ci
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext
Throws:
- IndexOutOfBoundsException - if beginIndex is less than the start index of ci, or limit is greater than the end index of ci, or beginIndex is greater than limit
Since: 1.2
See Also: FontRenderContext, Font.createGlyphVector(java.awt.font.FontRenderContext, java.lang.String),

  Returns the logical bounds of the specified String in the specified FontRenderContext.

  Returns the logical bounds of the specified String in the specified FontRenderContext. The logical bounds contains the origin, ascent, advance, and height, which includes the leading. The logical bounds does not always enclose all the text. For example, in some languages and in some fonts, accent marks can be positioned above the ascent or below the descent. To obtain a visual bounding box, which encloses all the text, use the getBounds method of TextLayout.

Note: The returned bounds is in baseline-relative coordinates (see class notes).
Returns: a {@link Rectangle2D} that is the bounding box of the specified String in the specified FontRenderContext.
Parameters:
- str - the specified String
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext
Since: 1.2
See Also: FontRenderContext, Font.createGlyphVector(java.awt.font.FontRenderContext, java.lang.String),

  Returns the logical bounds of the specified String in the specified FontRenderContext.

  Returns the logical bounds of the specified String in the specified FontRenderContext. The logical bounds contains the origin, ascent, advance, and height, which includes the leading. The logical bounds does not always enclose all the text. For example, in some languages and in some fonts, accent marks can be positioned above the ascent or below the descent. To obtain a visual bounding box, which encloses all the text, use the getBounds method of TextLayout.

Note: The returned bounds is in baseline-relative coordinates (see class notes).
Returns: a Rectangle2D that is the bounding box of the specified String in the specified FontRenderContext.
Parameters:
- str - the specified String
- beginIndex - the initial offset of str
- limit - the end offset of str
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext
Throws:
- IndexOutOfBoundsException - if beginIndex is less than zero, or limit is greater than the length of str, or beginIndex is greater than limit.
Since: 1.2
See Also: FontRenderContext, Font.createGlyphVector(java.awt.font.FontRenderContext, java.lang.String),

  Returns the style of this Font.

  Returns the style of this Font. The style can be
PLAIN, BOLD, ITALIC, or BOLD+ITALIC.
Returns: the style of this Font
Since: JDK1.0
See Also: Font.isPlain(), Font.isBold(), Font.isItalic(),

  Returns a copy of the transform associated with this Font.

  Returns a copy of the transform associated with this Font. This transform is not necessarily the one used to construct the font. If the font has algorithmic superscripting or width adjustment, this will be incorporated into the returned AffineTransform.

Typically, fonts will not be transformed. Clients generally should call Font.isTransformed() first, and only call this method if isTransformed returns true.
Returns: an {@link AffineTransform} object representing the transform attribute of this Font object.

  Returns a hashcode for this Font.

  Returns a hashcode for this Font.
Returns: a hashcode value for this Font.
Since: JDK1.0

  Return true if this Font contains attributes that require extra layout processing.

  Return true if this Font contains attributes that require extra
layout processing.
Returns: true if the font has layout attributes
Since: 1.6

  Checks whether or not this Font has uniform line metrics.

  Checks whether or not this Font has uniform
line metrics. A logical Font might be a
composite font, which means that it is composed of different
physical fonts to cover different code ranges. Each of these
fonts might have different LineMetrics. If the
logical Font is a single
font then the metrics would be uniform.
Returns: true if this Font has uniform line metrics; false otherwise.

  Indicates whether or not this Font object's style is BOLD.

  Indicates whether or not this Font object's style is
BOLD.
Returns: true if this Font object's style is BOLD; false otherwise.
Since: JDK1.0
See Also: Font.getStyle(),

  Indicates whether or not this Font object's style is ITALIC.

  Indicates whether or not this Font object's style is
ITALIC.
Returns: true if this Font object's style is ITALIC; false otherwise.
Since: JDK1.0
See Also: Font.getStyle(),

  Indicates whether or not this Font object's style is PLAIN.

  Indicates whether or not this Font object's style is
PLAIN.
Returns: true if this Font has a PLAIN sytle; false otherwise.
Since: JDK1.0
See Also: Font.getStyle(),

  Indicates whether or not this Font object has a transform that affects its size in addition to the Size attribute.

  Indicates whether or not this Font object has a
transform that affects its size in addition to the Size
attribute.
Returns: true if this Font object has a non-identity AffineTransform attribute. false otherwise.
Since: 1.4
See Also: Font.getTransform(),

  Returns a new GlyphVector object, performing full layout of the text if possible.

  Returns a new GlyphVector object, performing full layout of the text if possible. Full layout is required for complex text, such as Arabic or Hindi. Support for different scripts depends on the font and implementation.

Layout requires bidi analysis, as performed by Bidi, and should only be performed on text that has a uniform direction. The direction is indicated in the flags parameter,by using LAYOUT_RIGHT_TO_LEFT to indicate a right-to-left (Arabic and Hebrew) run direction, or LAYOUT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT to indicate a left-to-right (English) run direction.

In addition, some operations, such as Arabic shaping, require context, so that the characters at the start and limit can have the proper shapes. Sometimes the data in the buffer outside the provided range does not have valid data. The values LAYOUT_NO_START_CONTEXT and LAYOUT_NO_LIMIT_CONTEXT can be added to the flags parameter to indicate that the text before start, or after limit, respectively, should not be examined for context.

All other values for the flags parameter are reserved.
Returns: a new GlyphVector representing the text between start and limit, with glyphs chosen and positioned so as to best represent the text
Parameters:
- frc - the specified FontRenderContext
- text - the text to layout
- start - the start of the text to use for the GlyphVector
- limit - the limit of the text to use for the GlyphVector
- flags - control flags as described above
Throws:
- ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if start or limit is out of bounds
Since: 1.4
See Also: Bidi, Font.LAYOUT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT, Font.LAYOUT_RIGHT_TO_LEFT, Font.LAYOUT_NO_START_CONTEXT, Font.LAYOUT_NO_LIMIT_CONTEXT,

  Converts this Font object to a String representation.

  Converts this Font object to a String
representation.
Returns: a String representation of this Font object.
Since: JDK1.0