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package java.awt.font;
import java.awt.Font;
/**
* The <code>MultipleMaster</code> interface represents Type 1
* Multiple Master fonts.
* A particular {@link Font} object can implement this interface.
*/
public interface MultipleMaster {
/**
* Returns the number of multiple master design controls.
* Design axes include things like width, weight and optical scaling.
* @return the number of multiple master design controls
*/
public int getNumDesignAxes();
/**
* Returns an array of design limits interleaved in the form [from→to]
* for each axis. For example,
* design limits for weight could be from 0.1 to 1.0. The values are
* returned in the same order returned by
* <code>getDesignAxisNames</code>.
* @return an array of design limits for each axis.
*/
public float[] getDesignAxisRanges();
/**
* Returns an array of default design values for each axis. For example,
* the default value for weight could be 1.6. The values are returned
* in the same order returned by <code>getDesignAxisNames</code>.
* @return an array of default design values for each axis.
*/
public float[] getDesignAxisDefaults();
/**
* Returns the name for each design axis. This also determines the order in
* which the values for each axis are returned.
* @return an array containing the names of each design axis.
*/
public String[] getDesignAxisNames();
/**
* Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on the design
* axis values contained in the specified array. The size of the array
* must correspond to the value returned from
* <code>getNumDesignAxes</code> and the values of the array elements
* must fall within limits specified by
* <code>getDesignAxesLimits</code>. In case of an error,
* <code>null</code> is returned.
* @param axes an array containing axis values
* @return a {@link Font} object that is an instance of
* <code>MultipleMaster</code> and is based on the design axis values
* provided by <code>axes</code>.
*/
public Font deriveMMFont(float[] axes);
/**
* Creates a new instance of a multiple master font based on detailed metric
* information. In case of an error, <code>null</code> is returned.
* @param glyphWidths an array of floats representing the desired width
* of each glyph in font space
* @param avgStemWidth the average stem width for the overall font in
* font space
* @param typicalCapHeight the height of a typical upper case char
* @param typicalXHeight the height of a typical lower case char
* @param italicAngle the angle at which the italics lean, in degrees
* counterclockwise from vertical
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