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hhea - Horizontal Header

This table contains information for horizontal layout. The values in the minRightSidebearing, minLeftSideBearing and xMaxExtent should be computed using only glyphs that have contours. Glyphs with no contours should be ignored for the purposes of these calculations. All reserved areas must be set to 0.

Type Name Description
Fixed Table version number 0x00010000 for version 1.0.
FWord Ascender Typographic ascent. 1
FWord Descender Typographic descent. 1
FWord LineGap Typographic line gap. 1
Negative LineGap values are treated as zero
in Windows 3.1, System 6, and
System 7.
uFWord advanceWidthMax Maximum advance width value in 'hmtx' table.
FWord minLeftSideBearing Minimum left sidebearing value in 'hmtx' table.
FWord minRightSideBearing Minimum right sidebearing value; calculated as Min(aw - lsb - (xMax - xMin)).
FWord xMaxExtent Max(lsb + (xMax - xMin)).
SHORT caretSlopeRise Used to calculate the slope of the cursor (rise/run); 1 for vertical.
SHORT caretSlopeRun 0 for vertical.
SHORT caretOffset The amount by which a slanted highlight on a glyph needs to be shifted to produce the best appearance. Set to 0 for non-slanted fonts
SHORT (reserved) set to 0
SHORT (reserved) set to 0
SHORT (reserved) set to 0
SHORT (reserved) set to 0
SHORT metricDataFormat 0 for current format.
USHORT numberOfHMetrics Number of hMetric entries in 'hmtx' table

1 The ascender, descender and linegap values in this table are Macintosh-specific. Also see information in the OS/2 table.



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