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Represents the "AvgWidth" entry of the font descriptor
object.
It is an optional entry defined as part of the PDF 1.0
specification.
It contains a double representing a PDF numeric object.
The PDF specification states that this item assumes a value of 0
if no value has been provided.
For definitive details see:.
The ISO PDF Specification, ISO 32000-1:2008 PDF 1.7; Table: 122,
page 283.
The ISO PDF
Specification, ISO 32000-2:2017 PDF 2.0; Table: 120, page 342.
The ISO PDF Specification, ISO 32000-1:2008 PDF 1.7; Table: 124,
page 285.
The average width is a single summary number representing the
typical advance width across the font's glyph set. It is used by
viewers as a rough metric for text layout estimation and font
substitution.
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