## PDF::API2::Font

$font2 = $font->clone $subkey

Returns a clone of a font object.

@glyphs = $font->glyphs $encoding

Returns an array with glyphnames of the specified encoding.

$font->encode $encoding

Changes the encoding of the font object. If you want more than one encoding for one font use 'clone' and then 'encode'.

Note: The following encodings are supported (as of version 0.1.16_beta):

    	adobe-standard adobe-symbol adobe-zapf-dingbats
    	cp1250 cp1251 cp1252
    	cp437 cp850
    	es es2 pt pt2
    	iso-8859-1 iso-8859-2 latin1 latin2
    	koi8-r koi8-u
    	macintosh
    	microsoft-dingbats

Note: Other encodings must be seperately installed via the pdf-api2-unimaps archive.

$pdfstring = $font->text $text

Returns a properly formated string-representation of $text for use in the PDF.

$pdfstring = $font->text_hex $text

Returns a properly formated hex-representation of $text for use in the PDF.

$wd = $font->width $text

Returns the width of $text as if it were at size 1.

@widths = $font->width_array $text

Returns the widths of the words in $text as if they were at size 1.

# AUTHOR

alfred reibenschuh