I've already implemented in my complex scripts work, so it will make it into trunk in due time. However, I think I'll leave the default setting as it is for the time being. Users can explicitly enable it via their config. We can take up the issue of whether to change the default at a future time.
G. On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Jeremias Maerki <d...@jeremias-maerki.ch>wrote: > I think that is for historical reasons. When this was implemented (I > think it was me) I guess we didn't want to change the layout behaviour > for existing users. For a long time, kerning for base 14 fonts was not > supported. > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=389086 > > You're right: this setting doesn't seem to be tied into the > FontManagerConfigurator. It would be great if you added that. > > That said, I'm not sure if enabling that would be so bad. I guess I'm > not opposed to it. > > On 06.09.2010 07:58:41 Glenn Adams wrote: > > Is there a reason that kerning of the base 14 fonts is disabled by > default? > > > > Furthermore, except by programmatic means, there does not seem to be a > way > > to enable it except by using FontManager.setBase14KerningEnabled() or the > > deprecated method FopFactory.setBase14KerningEnabled(). This technique is > > used to enable it during testing in one test case: > > layoutengine/standard-testcases/kerning_1_on.xml, by means of special > code > > in org.apache.fop.layoutengine.TestEnvironment. > > > > However, there appears no way for a user to enable it via non-programmitc > > means. To support this (which I need in testing the new generalized > position > > adjustments for text drawing), I'm adding a base14-kerning element to be > > placed in the top-level fop element in the FOP configuration file, e.g., > > > > <fop> > > ... > > <base14-kerning>true</base14-kerning> > > ... > > </fop> > > > > The rationale for making this a child of the top-level fop element is > that > > the enable/disable state is presently maintained in the singleton > > FontManager instance, which is configured (in FontManagerConfigurator) > from > > other top-level children of the fop element. > > > > For consistency, it my be better to enable base14 kerning by default, > then > > allow a user to disable it using the above mechanism. However, I have not > > made this latter change (yet). > > > > Comments? > > > > G. > > > > > Jeremias Maerki > >
