Scott Moore wrote:
> The real problem I have is determining how big to make the legend so the
> words don't flow off the picture. Because I allow the users to choose the
> font and size, I'm currently using some haphazard calculations based on font
> size to guesstimate the maximum size needed. After tweaking it, it seems to
> work pretty well for proportional fonts. It isn't the ideal solution, but
> sounds like that's about the best I can do for now.
If you use an SVG font you can iterate through the string and tell the
exact width of it by adding all the glyph widths.
>
> I have one question about font sizes. When specifying a pt size (say a 10
> point font), what exactly does that mean? How does it correspond to pixels?
Depeds on the screen resolution.
> Or is it even possible to relate to pixels?
If you want to specify in pixels, you can do exactly that.
> Because I'm generating JPEG and
> PNG files from Batik, I tend to base my coordinate system in terms of
> pixels.
You can directly ask for a 12px font or whatever, rathder than using pt
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Chris
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