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HexaPDF v0.8.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2018-10-26 // over 5 years ago

  • ➕ Added

    • [HexaPDF::Layout::Frame] for box positioning and easier text layouting inside an arbitrary polygon
    • [HexaPDF::Layout::TextBox] for displaying text in a rectangular and for flowing text inside a frame
    • [HexaPDF::Layout::WidthFromPolygon] for getting a width specification from a polygon for use with the text layouting engine
    • [HexaPDF::Type::Image#width] and [HexaPDF::Type::Image#height] convenience methods
    • 👍 [HexaPDF::Type::FontType3] for Type 3 font support
    • 👍 [HexaPDF::Content::GraphicObject::Geom2D] for Geom2D object drawing support
    • [HexaPDF::Type::Page#orientation] for easy determination of page orientation
    • [HexaPDF::Type::Page#rotate] for rotating a page
    • 💅 [HexaPDF::Layout::Style::Quad#set] for setting all values at once

    🔄 Changed

    • [HexaPDF::Document#validate] to also yield the object that failed validation
    • [HexaPDF::Type::Page#box] to allow setting the value for a box
    • [HexaPDF::Layout::TextLayouter#fit] to allow fitting text into arbitrarily shaped areas
    • [HexaPDF::Layout::TextLayouter] to return a new [HexaPDF::Layout::TextLayouter::Result] structure when #fit is called that includes the #draw method
    • [HexaPDF::Layout::TextLayouter#fit] to require the height argument
    • 🔨 Refactored [HexaPDF::Layout::Box] to make using it a bit easier

    🛠 Fixed

    • Validation and conversion of dictionary fields with multiple possible types
    • Box border drawing when border width is greater than edge length