Provided by: libpostscript-file-perl_2.23+dfsg-3_all 
NAME
PostScript::File::Metrics::Loader - Load metrics for PostScript fonts using Font::AFM
VERSION
This document describes version 2.20 of PostScript::File::Metrics::Loader, released October 10, 2015 as
part of PostScript-File version 2.23.
DESCRIPTION
PostScript::File::Metrics::Loader is used by PostScript::File::Metrics when no pre-compiled metrics are
available for the requested font or encoding. It uses Font::AFM to read the AFM file and extract metrics
from it.
You should not normally need to use this module, since pre-compiled metrics for the standard PostScript
fonts are included with this distribution. If you request metrics for a non-standard font,
PostScript::File::Metrics will load this module automatically.
If you need metrics for additional fonts, you may want to modify and run examples/generate_metrics.pl to
create pre-compiled modules for them.
SUBROUTINES
get_encoding_vector
PostScript::File::Metrics::Loader::get_encoding_vector($encoding)
This returns the encoding vector for $encoding, an arrayref of 256 glyph names.
load
PostScript::File::Metrics::Loader::load($font, \@encodings)
This uses Font::AFM to read the metrics for $font, and creates width tables for each of the @encodings.
The metrics are stored into the hashes used internally by PostScript::File::Metrics.
DIAGNOSTICS
"Can't find definition for %s"
If this happens, it indicates you found a bug in PostScript::File::Metrics::Loader. Please report it
as described under "AUTHOR".
"Can't find the AFM file for %s"
Font::AFM could not find %s.afm in any of the directories it searched. See "CONFIGURATION AND
ENVIRONMENT".
"Invalid term %s in %s"
This also indicates a bug in PostScript::File. Please report it.
"Unknown encoding %s"
You asked for an encoding that PostScript::File::Metrics doesn't know about.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
PostScript::File::Metrics::Loader requires no configuration files or environment variables.
However, it uses Font::AFM, and unfortunately that's difficult to configure properly (which is why I
created PostScript::File::Metrics in the first place). Font::AFM expects to find a file named
FontName.afm in one of the directories it searches.
I wound up creating symlinks in /usr/local/lib/afm/ (which is one of the default paths that Font::AFM
searches if you don't have a "METRICS" environment variable):
Courier.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/courier/pcrr8a.afm
Courier-Bold.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/courier/pcrb8a.afm
Courier-BoldOblique.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/courier/pcrbo8a.afm
Courier-Oblique.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/courier/pcrro8a.afm
Helvetica.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/helvetic/phvr8a.afm
Helvetica-Bold.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/helvetic/phvb8a.afm
Helvetica-BoldOblique.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/helvetic/phvbo8a.afm
Helvetica-Oblique.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/helvetic/phvro8a.afm
Symbol.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/symbol/psyr.afm
Times-Bold.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/times/ptmb8a.afm
Times-BoldItalic.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/times/ptmbi8a.afm
Times-Italic.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/times/ptmri8a.afm
Times-Roman.afm
-> /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/adobe/times/ptmr8a.afm
Paths on your system may vary. I suggest searching for ".afm" files, and then grepping them for
"FontName X", where X is the font you need metrics for.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
AUTHOR
Christopher J. Madsen "<perl AT cjmweb.net>"
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "<bug-PostScript-File AT rt.cpan.org>" or through the web
interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=PostScript-File>.
You can follow or contribute to PostScript-File's development at
<https://github.com/madsen/postscript-file>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Christopher J. Madsen.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5
programming language system itself.
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