Well when I play with the numbers in the code it seems if I raise the init setting it widens the stroke/border, but the thickness seems to go inwards instead of outwards from the outside edge of the text. Is that a better explanation? His code is awesome, I just would like to know how to size things and understand it better as I am no java programmer, just a half-assed Coldfusion scripter that enjoys the heck out of this stuff.
Terry -----Original Message----- From: Leigh [mailto:cfsearch...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 2:56 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Adding a border to text using CFImage > I finally got it all pieced together and it works as you said it would. Well the code may have gotten a bit garbled somewhere, adding to the confusion. Sorry about that. > maybe make the stroke go outside instead of inside? What do you mean by outside? The font and stroke width can be changed through the constructor. (Btw, I am no expert myself. I just spent a lot of time reviewing the javadocs ;-) http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#Font%28java.lang .String,%20int,%20int%29 ie textFont = Font.init("Arial", Font.PLAIN, **fontSize); http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/BasicStroke.html#BasicStro ke%28float%29 ie stroke = createObject("java", "java.awt.BasicStroke").init( *width ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
