import { ShxFontData } from './fontData';
/**
 * Represents a SHX font and provides methods to parse and render its characters.
 * This class handles the loading and parsing of SHX font files, and provides
 * methods to extract character shapes for rendering.
 */
export declare class ShxFont {
    /** The parsed font data containing header and content information */
    readonly fontData: ShxFontData;
    /** Parser for converting character codes to shapes */
    private readonly shapeParser;
    /**
     * Creates a new ShxFont instance.
     * @param data - Either raw binary data of the SHX font file (ArrayBuffer) or pre-parsed font data (ShxFontData)
     * @throws {Error} If the font data is invalid or cannot be parsed
     */
    constructor(data: ShxFontData | ArrayBuffer);
    /**
     * Gets the shape data for a specific character at a given size.
     * @param code - The character code to get the shape for
     * @param size - The desired size of the character in drawing units
     * @returns The shape data for the character, or undefined if the character is not found in the font
     */
    getCharShape(code: number, size: number): import("./shape").ShxShape | undefined;
    /**
     * Releases resources used by the font.
     * This should be called when the font is no longer needed to free up memory.
     */
    release(): void;
}