On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:06:51 -0500 zentara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:37:18 +0100 >Benoit VARVENNE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hello >> >>Thanks a lot for your answers. I use QueryFontMetrics function, as >>recommended, but I still have a problem. >> >>If I insert a new element at position : $x(text beginning >>coordinate)+$width(of the text), the new element overlaps the text. >> >>Does someone know if there is any reason why "x+width" is not the end of the >>string ? > >This is just from other GUI text experience, not specifically IM. >One possibility is the "gravity" set for the text string. If the gravity is >NorthWest, then your "x + width" should work, but often the gravity defaults to >Center, where it would probably be "x + width/2" > >zentara
Sorry, Just to avoid confusion, I confused gravity with align. Gravity positions the x,y origin on the page, whereas align positions the alignment of the text with respect to it's x, y options. Anyways, see my other post's example, it works. zentara -- I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. http://zentara.net/Remember_How_Lucky_You_Are.html _______________________________________________ Magick-users mailing list [email protected] http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users
