NAME

PDF::Maki - Useful wrappers for PDF::API2.

SYNOPSIS

    use PDF::API2;
    use PDF::Maki;
    #

DESCRIPTION

PDF::Maki installs several alternative/additional methods into the PDF::API2 namespaces so advanced features become available outside the normal fixing/patch cycle of PDF::API2.

Stable methods will be migrated to PDF::API2 on fixed release states.

PDF::API2 Methods

$pdf->register_face $fontobj, $facename, $weightname, $stylename

*** DEVELOPER VERSION ***

register font for face/weight/style.

$fontobj = $pdf->lookup_face $facename, $weightname, $stylename

*** DEVELOPER VERSION ***

looking up the spec. face/weight/style or falling back to the default face.

$fontobj = $pdf->lookup_font $facename, $weightname, $stylename

*** DEVELOPER VERSION ***

looking up the spec. face/weight/style or falling back to alternative styles/weights.

PDF::API2::Page Methods

$width = $page->textlabel $x, $y, $font, $size, $text, %options

*** DEVELOPER VERSION ***

Applys text with options and returns the width of the given text.

Example:

    $page->textlabel(300,700,$myfont,20,'Page Header',
        -rotate => -30,
        -color => '#FF0000',
        -hspace => 120,
        -center => 1,
    );

This simply a proxy-method to the equivalent PDF::API2::Content method.

$page->textmarkup $xml, %options

*** EXPERIMENTAL VERSION ***

Example:

    $utr=$pdf->corefont('Times-Roman', -encode=>'latin1');
    $page->textmarkup($xml,
        -x=>100,
        -y=>700,
        -w=>400,
        -fontreg=>[
            [ $utr,'times','regular','regular' ],
            [ $utb,'times','bold','regular' ],
            [ $uti,'times','regular','italic' ],
            [ $utz,'times','bold','regular' ],
        ]
    );

AUTHOR

alfred reibenschuh

HISTORY

    $Log: Maki.pm,v $
    Revision 1.1.1.1  2005/02/17 14:51:57  fredo
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