On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 09:42 +0100, Peter B. West wrote: > On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 11:16 -0700, Phil Race wrote: > > Well since we don't look at the AFM file ... > > > > -phil. > > > > Peter B. West wrote: > > ... > > > > Generally speaking, the logical bounds of characters in Type1 fonts > > > seems to be slightly smaller than the width given in the AFM file for > > > that font. > ... > > Phil, > > Plese correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the horizontal metrics in the > AFM file simply reflect the sbw or hsbw commands that are required at > the start of each CharString? For example, when I open a .pfb file, > isolated from its .afm, in FontForge, and look at individual characters, > I get values for left side bearing and for width that are consistent > with the values in the afm file for that font. This is why I'm puzzled > by the differences in Java2D. > > These difference make for great difficulties in using 2D to measure text > which will be rendered by some other renderer. > > Peter
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