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      1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 #ifndef UI_GFX_FONT_H_
      6 #define UI_GFX_FONT_H_
      7 
      8 #include <string>
      9 
     10 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
     11 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
     12 #include "ui/base/ui_export.h"
     13 #include "ui/gfx/native_widget_types.h"
     14 
     15 namespace gfx {
     16 
     17 class PlatformFont;
     18 
     19 // Font provides a wrapper around an underlying font. Copy and assignment
     20 // operators are explicitly allowed, and cheap.
     21 class UI_EXPORT Font {
     22  public:
     23   // The following constants indicate the font style.
     24   enum FontStyle {
     25     NORMAL = 0,
     26     BOLD = 1,
     27     ITALIC = 2,
     28     UNDERLINE = 4,
     29   };
     30 
     31   // Creates a font with the default name and style.
     32   Font();
     33 
     34   // Creates a font that is a clone of another font object.
     35   Font(const Font& other);
     36   gfx::Font& operator=(const Font& other);
     37 
     38   // Creates a font from the specified native font.
     39   explicit Font(NativeFont native_font);
     40 
     41   // Constructs a Font object with the specified PlatformFont object. The Font
     42   // object takes ownership of the PlatformFont object.
     43   explicit Font(PlatformFont* platform_font);
     44 
     45   // Creates a font with the specified name in UTF-8 and size in pixels.
     46   Font(const std::string& font_name, int font_size);
     47 
     48   ~Font();
     49 
     50   // Returns a new Font derived from the existing font.
     51   // |size_deta| is the size in pixels to add to the current font. For example,
     52   // a value of 5 results in a font 5 pixels bigger than this font.
     53   Font DeriveFont(int size_delta) const;
     54 
     55   // Returns a new Font derived from the existing font.
     56   // |size_delta| is the size in pixels to add to the current font. See the
     57   // single argument version of this method for an example.
     58   // The style parameter specifies the new style for the font, and is a
     59   // bitmask of the values: BOLD, ITALIC and UNDERLINE.
     60   Font DeriveFont(int size_delta, int style) const;
     61 
     62   // Returns the number of vertical pixels needed to display characters from
     63   // the specified font.  This may include some leading, i.e. height may be
     64   // greater than just ascent + descent.  Specifically, the Windows and Mac
     65   // implementations include leading and the Linux one does not.  This may
     66   // need to be revisited in the future.
     67   int GetHeight() const;
     68 
     69   // Returns the baseline, or ascent, of the font.
     70   int GetBaseline() const;
     71 
     72   // Returns the average character width for the font.
     73   int GetAverageCharacterWidth() const;
     74 
     75   // Returns the number of horizontal pixels needed to display the specified
     76   // string.
     77   int GetStringWidth(const base::string16& text) const;
     78 
     79   // Returns the expected number of horizontal pixels needed to display the
     80   // specified length of characters. Call GetStringWidth() to retrieve the
     81   // actual number.
     82   int GetExpectedTextWidth(int length) const;
     83 
     84   // Returns the style of the font.
     85   int GetStyle() const;
     86 
     87   // Returns the font name in UTF-8.
     88   std::string GetFontName() const;
     89 
     90   // Returns the font size in pixels.
     91   int GetFontSize() const;
     92 
     93   // Returns the native font handle.
     94   // Lifetime lore:
     95   // Windows: This handle is owned by the Font object, and should not be
     96   //          destroyed by the caller.
     97   // Mac:     The object is owned by the system and should not be released.
     98   // Gtk:     This handle is created on demand, and must be freed by calling
     99   //          pango_font_description_free() when the caller is done using it or
    100   //          by using ScopedPangoFontDescription.
    101   NativeFont GetNativeFont() const;
    102 
    103   // Raw access to the underlying platform font implementation. Can be
    104   // static_cast to a known implementation type if needed.
    105   PlatformFont* platform_font() const { return platform_font_.get(); }
    106 
    107  private:
    108   // Wrapped platform font implementation.
    109   scoped_refptr<PlatformFont> platform_font_;
    110 };
    111 
    112 }  // namespace gfx
    113 
    114 #endif  // UI_GFX_FONT_H_
    115