Re: Java text handling

2004-05-21 Thread Christian Z.
Hi Peter! Do any of the list denizens have experience with Java font handling and 2D text layout? I'm new to it, and would like to be able to bounce questions off someone further up the food chain, on or off-line. The typesetting is done Font.layoutGlyphVector and

Re: Java text handling

2004-05-21 Thread Jeremias Maerki
There might be a problem: UTA uses JGraphT which is LGPL. FOP cannot depend on LGPL software (Apache licence policy). There is a graph subproject inside Jakarta Commons. Maybe this could be used instead of JGraphT. Anyway, how does UTA relate to Luca's recent patch on line breaking? On

Re: Java text handling

2004-05-21 Thread Christian Z.
Hi Jeremias! There is a graph subproject inside Jakarta Commons. Maybe this could be used instead of JGraphT. I'll have a look at it, thanks. Anyway, how does UTA relate to Luca's recent patch on line breaking? In no way. While Luca seems to have reimplemented the glue/box/penalty model, I

Re: Java text handling

2004-05-20 Thread Glen Mazza
Perhaps these links may be of help: From the Java tutorials: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/2d/textandfonts/index.html http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Media/2DText/ (Warning: very old, from 1998) Forums for questions: http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jsp?forum=20 Glen

Java text handling

2004-05-19 Thread Peter B. West
Do any of the list denizens have experience with Java font handling and 2D text layout? I'm new to it, and would like to be able to bounce questions off someone further up the food chain, on or off-line. Peter -- Peter B. West http://www.powerup.com.au/~pbwest/resume.html

Re: Java text handling

2004-05-19 Thread Clay Leeds
Peter B. West wrote: Do any of the list denizens have experience with Java font handling and 2D text layout? I'm new to it, and would like to be able to bounce questions off someone further up the food chain, on or off-line. Peter My experience has more to do with JRE and FONT handling, rather