The CairoHintMetrics class

Introduction

Specifies whether to hint font metrics; hinting font metrics means quantizing them so that they are integer values in device space. Doing this improves the consistency of letter and line spacing, however it also means that text will be laid out differently at different zoom factors.

Class synopsis

CairoHintMetrics {

/* Constants */

const integer CairoHintMetrics::METRICS_DEFAULT = 0 ;

const integer CairoHintMetrics::METRICS_OFF = 1 ;

const integer CairoHintMetrics::METRICS_ON = 2 ;

}

Predefined Constants

CairoHintMetrics Node Types

CairoHintMetrics::METRICS_DEFAULT

Hint metrics in the default manner for the font backend and target device

CairoHintMetrics::METRICS_OFF

Do not hint font metrics

CairoHintMetrics::METRICS_ON

Hint font metrics