--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Arun Chakaravarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am implementing the Text rendering for SVG Tiny 1.2. > > now i am doing with "SVG Fonts". > > The text is rendered basically using the path element. > > But, when i want to change the font-weight, i have to internally implement it by changing the stroke width of the path element.
Ugh. Yuck. Fooey. This is not a good approach. Outline fonts are not intended to be stroked. They should be unstroked filled paths. There's a lot of subtlety in font design and the different perception of bold or normal weight fonts that will get wrecked by the stroke (as stroke has unpredictable results at vertices, dependent on mitre treatment, etc.). Clearly, the preferred implementation is to actually follow CSS2/SVG font selection rules to find the appropriate face for the requested weight and other descriptors (whether this results in the use a single face for all weights, or whether different faces are returned for each style and weight of a family), as these will have been tailored to a fontographer's exacting visual goals. If the requested CSS font descriptors (including font-weight) cannot be matched within a given family, the best match within the family should be returned. If intelligent matching gives a better result with an alternate or generic family, that could be used instead. I don't think there are any circumstances that would warrant the behavior we used to see in MS Office of "bolding" existing normal fonts by stroking the outline. If the designer is taking the trouble to specify a very exact face and weight, they should also take the trouble to ensure that face is available (via embedding or reference). If not, a generic family at a standard weight should suffice. Thanks, --kirby ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
