iText does it the correct way. The curves you see are to make the round end
caps. Maybe some parameter in PdfGraphics2D could exist to relax the
generation of some lines if size/performance was more important.
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vollmer, Thomas - CannonSA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Paulo Soares'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:08
Subject: RE: [iText-questions] difference between itext and fop?
> Ok, I figured out how to make FOP generate uncompressed
> PDF and compared the output FOP and iText generate for
> a very simple SVG element.
>
> SVG:
> <path fill="none" stroke="#000000" stroke-width="0.5"
> stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"
> stroke-miterlimit="10" d="M10,10H100"/>
>
> FOP (noise removed):
> 10 10 m
> 100 10 l
> S
>
> iText (noise removed):
> 10 89.75 m
> 100 89.75 l
> 100.14 89.75 100.25 89.86 100.25 90 c
> 100.25 90.14 100.14 90.25 100 90.25 c
> 10 90.25 l
> 9.86 90.25 9.75 90.14 9.75 90 c
> 9.75 89.86 9.86 89.75 10 89.75 c
> h
> f
>
> (The differences in y coordinates are due to differences
> in the transformation matrices that are in effect.)
>
> Is this the effect you were describing when you said:
>
> > > > That's because with fop for a line you'll have a width set
> > > > and a line draw and with iText it's a rectangle followed
> > > > by a fill.
>
> Could it be due to this piece of code in class
> com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfGraphics2D?
>
> private void followPath(Shape s, int drawType) {
> ...
> if (drawType==STROKE) {
> s = stroke.createStrokedShape(s);
> followPath(s, FILL);
> return;
> }
> ...
> }
>
> It looks like it doesn't want to do STROKE, it only
> wants to do FILL. What would happen if it would
> allow STROKE?
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Thomas
>
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