XSL-FO Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v2.25, by Herong Yang
What Is a Font?
This section describes fonts of typefaces. A font is an instance of a typeface for formatted characters (glyphs in XSL-FO term), with a specific size, weight, style and character set.
What Is a Font? A font is a specific instance of a typeface for formatted characters (glyphs in XSL-FO term). A font consists of following specifications:
For example, "12-point bold italic Arial" is a font of the "Arial" font family. The average size of its glyphs is 12 point (1/6 inch). Its glyph stokes are bolded, a little bit thicker than a normal font. Its glyphs are slightly skewed towards the right. Its glyphs cover all characters of most Western languages, but not Chinese characters.
Here is another example, "12-point bold italic SimHei" is a font of the "SimHei" font family. The average size of its glyphs is 12 point (1/6 inch). Its glyph stokes are bolded, a little bit thicker than a normal font. Its glyphs are slightly skewed towards the right. Its glyphs cover most Chinese characters used today, but not some special characters.
The picture below shows some example fonts in the Arial and SimHei families:
Table of Contents
Apache™ FOP (Formatting Objects Processor)
XSL-FO Document Basics and Examples
Block-Level Formatting Objects
Inline-Level Formatting Objects
Including Graphics in XSL-FO document
Floating Blocks - "float" and "footnote"
Hyperlinks, Table of Contents and Indexes
Headers and Footers using "static-content"
►Font Attributes and Font Families
Font Attributes and Generic Fonts
Generic Font for Chinese Characters
Apache FOP Font Configurations