Font::TTF::PCLT(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Font::TTF::PCLT(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Font::TTF::PCLT - PCLT TrueType font table

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The PCLT table holds various pieces HP-PCL specific information. Information here is generally not used by other software, except for the xHeight and CapHeight which are stored here (if the table exists in a font).

# [INSTANCE VARIABLES](#INSTANCE_VARIABLES)

Only from table and the standard:

```
    version
    FontNumber
    Pitch
    xHeight
    Style
    TypeFamily
    CapHeight
    SymbolSet
    Typeface
    CharacterComplement
    FileName
    StrokeWeight
    WidthType
    SerifStyle
```

Notice that "Typeface", "CharacterComplement" and "FileName" return arrays of unsigned characters of the appropriate length

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

## [$t->read](#$t)

Reads the table into memory thanks to some utility functions

## [$t->out($fh)](#$t~2)

Writes the table to a file either from memory or by copying.

## [$t->**minsize()**](#$t~3)

Returns the minimum size this table can be. If it is smaller than this, then the table must be bad and should be deleted or whatever.

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

None known

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Martin Hosken <http://scripts.sil.org/FontUtils>.

# [LICENSING](#LICENSING)

Copyright (c) 1998-2016, SIL International (http://www.sil.org)

This module is released under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. For details, see the full text of the license in the file LICENSE.

2026-09-25 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Font::TTF::PCLT(3pm) from perl-font-ttf 1.06-r0 (Chainguard OS)