----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Lilley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Batik Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:31 AM Subject: Re: Text size
> > > 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. Oh yeah? Is this API in Batik? How do I use it? > > > > > 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 > > -- > Chris > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
