*/
public float getFontHeight( byte[] c, int offset, int length ) throws IOException
{
float retval = 0;
int code = getCodeFromArray( c, offset, length );
FontMetric metric = getAFM();
if( metric != null )
{
Encoding encoding = getFontEncoding();
String characterName = encoding.getName( code );
retval = metric.getCharacterHeight( characterName );
}
else
{
PDFontDescriptor desc = getFontDescriptor();
if( desc != null )