font: add Face.Metrics.

Fixes golang/go#14885

Change-Id: I3aa2d323c97c76cc78d981d4bf6ea9e95c9bf9d2
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/21035
Reviewed-by: Nigel Tao <[email protected]>

 font/basicfont/basicfont.go |  8 ++++++++
 font/font.go                | 14 +++++++++++++-
 font/plan9font/plan9font.go | 14 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/font/basicfont/basicfont.go b/font/basicfont/basicfont.go
index 3f61d4c..ed05fa2 100644
--- a/font/basicfont/basicfont.go
+++ b/font/basicfont/basicfont.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package basicfont // import "golang.org/x/image/font/basicfont"
 import (
 	"image"
 
+	"golang.org/x/image/font"
 	"golang.org/x/image/math/fixed"
 )
 
@@ -70,6 +71,13 @@ type Face struct {
 func (f *Face) Close() error                   { return nil }
 func (f *Face) Kern(r0, r1 rune) fixed.Int26_6 { return 0 }
 
+func (f *Face) Metrics() font.Metrics {
+	return font.Metrics{
+		Height: fixed.I(f.Height),
+		Ascent: fixed.I(f.Ascent),
+	}
+}
+
 func (f *Face) Glyph(dot fixed.Point26_6, r rune) (
 	dr image.Rectangle, mask image.Image, maskp image.Point, advance fixed.Int26_6, ok bool) {
 
diff --git a/font/font.go b/font/font.go
index 9cf43ff..3e3608e 100644
--- a/font/font.go
+++ b/font/font.go
@@ -64,11 +64,23 @@ type Face interface {
 	// positive kern means to move the glyphs further apart.
 	Kern(r0, r1 rune) fixed.Int26_6
 
-	// TODO: per-font Metrics.
+	// Metrics returns the metrics for this Face.
+	Metrics() Metrics
+
 	// TODO: ColoredGlyph for various emoji?
 	// TODO: Ligatures? Shaping?
 }
 
+// Metrics holds the metrics for a Face. A visual depiction is at
+// https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/TextFonts/Conceptual/CocoaTextArchitecture/Art/glyph_metrics_2x.png
+type Metrics struct {
+	// Ascent is the distance from the top of a line to its baseline.
+	Ascent fixed.Int26_6
+
+	// Height is the recommended amount of vertical space between two lines of text.
+	Height fixed.Int26_6
+}
+
 // TODO: Drawer.Layout or Drawer.Measure methods to measure text without
 // drawing?
 
diff --git a/font/plan9font/plan9font.go b/font/plan9font/plan9font.go
index da56ee8..b7948d3 100644
--- a/font/plan9font/plan9font.go
+++ b/font/plan9font/plan9font.go
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ type subface struct {
 func (f *subface) Close() error                   { return nil }
 func (f *subface) Kern(r0, r1 rune) fixed.Int26_6 { return 0 }
 
+func (f *subface) Metrics() font.Metrics {
+	return font.Metrics{
+		Height: fixed.I(f.height),
+		Ascent: fixed.I(f.ascent),
+	}
+}
+
 func (f *subface) Glyph(dot fixed.Point26_6, r rune) (
 	dr image.Rectangle, mask image.Image, maskp image.Point, advance fixed.Int26_6, ok bool) {
 
@@ -139,6 +146,13 @@ type face struct {
 func (f *face) Close() error                   { return nil }
 func (f *face) Kern(r0, r1 rune) fixed.Int26_6 { return 0 }
 
+func (f *face) Metrics() font.Metrics {
+	return font.Metrics{
+		Height: fixed.I(f.height),
+		Ascent: fixed.I(f.ascent),
+	}
+}
+
 func (f *face) Glyph(dot fixed.Point26_6, r rune) (
 	dr image.Rectangle, mask image.Image, maskp image.Point, advance fixed.Int26_6, ok bool) {