Computes the size, in millipoints, which should be used for the intrinsically lowercase characters in this font. If the font has true small-caps glyphs or is unable to simulate small-caps, the value returned will be the same as the value passed. In other words, no scaling is implied. Only if the font is capable of simulating small-caps will the value returned be different from the value passed.
Not all font-families have a small-caps variant, but small-caps can be simulated by the client application. To do so, 1) convert all text to uppercase characters, and 2) switch back and forth between a larger font size (for characters originally in uppercase) and a smaller font size (for characters originally in lowercase). If the requested font size is 12 points, and the lowercase characters should be scaled at 80%, then the font size to use for the lowercase characters is 9.6 points.
Note that the simulation of small-caps is done entirely outside of the font system. As far as the font system is concerned, the same font is being used regardless of whether it is being used at the size for uppercase characters or the size for lowercase characters. All that is being reported in this method is the computation of what has been configured for the font.
@param fontSize The size, in millipoints, of the font at normal size.In other words, the size that will be used to create the uppercase glyphs. @return The size, in millipoints, that should be used for creating theinstrinsically lowercase glyphs in this font. For a font that is capable of simulating small-caps, this value will be scaled to a percentage configured for the font. | |