pdfbox-trunk/fontbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fontbox/type1/Type1CharStringReader.java
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package org.apache.fontbox.type1;

import org.apache.fontbox.cff.Type1CharString;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Something which can read Type 1 CharStrings, namely Type 1 and CFF fonts.
 *
 * @author John Hewson
 */
public interface Type1CharStringReader
{
    /**
     * Returns the Type 1 CharString for the character with the given name.
     *
     * @param name the character name of the Type1 charstring
     * @return Type 1 CharString
     * @throws IOException if something went wrong
     */
    Type1CharString getType1CharString(String name) throws IOException;
}
