I cannot use monospaced fonts - i forgot to write that ! Joachim
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Clay Leeds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. Februar 2003 17:16 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: How: calculate the length of a text You could use a monospace font (e.g., font-family="Courier New, Courier, monospace"), measure the width of each character, and then count the number of characters. Of course, the font-size, will be significant. 8pt Courier text is a little <2mm wide. You'd also have to consider that spaces at the end of a line may be removed in favor of a linefeed. Hope this helps! Web Maestro Clay Unger, Joachim wrote: > How can I calculate the length (in mm) of a text before output? > > Is there a solution für FOP? > > Regards, > > Joachim -- Clay Leeds - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Developer - Medata, Inc. - http://www.medata.com PGP Public Key: https://mail.medata.com/pgp/cleeds.asc --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
