Advanced Font Metrics

Topics

Getting the Font Metrics

• ascender
• descender
• capHeight
• leading
• xHeight

Getting Underline and Italic Metrics

• italicAngle
• underlinePosition
• underlineThickness

Getting Bounding Rectangles

• boundingRectForFont
• boundingRect(forCGGlyph:)
• getBoundingRects(_:forCGGlyphs:count:)

Getting Glyph Advancements

• maximumAdvancement
• advancement(forCGGlyph:)
• getAdvancements(_:forCGGlyphs:count:)

Getting the Font Matrices

• matrix
• textTransform
• identityMatrix

See Also

Getting Font Metrics and Information

• pointSize
• coveredCharacterSet
• fontDescriptor
• isFixedPitch
• mostCompatibleStringEncoding