Thanks Bruce, I just spotted this as I added a second piece of line label text and it came out a different size to the previous line label. It appears that the text resizes to fit the length of the line. So the only way to be certain of the size of the text is to use point labels.
Footleg On 6 June 2013 20:39, Bruce <bruce at tomo.co.nz> wrote: > ** ** ** > > Footleg**** > > I used to have this figured out, but my memory is a bit fuzzy and I cannot > immediately find where it is described.**** > > Itâs something like this I think.**** > > ** ** > > Point label always gives you text of the size you specify, at default > character spacing.**** > > Line label gives you text to fit the length of the line. If the line is > longer than is necessary for the specified size (text height), then the > characters are spaced out to fit the line. If the line is too short, the > text size is reduced (often by non-standard amounts) so that the text will > fit and metapost (or ****tex****?) generate a message saying that the > text size is reduced (or at least it used to).**** > > ** ** > > So, in effect, âline textâ can never be relied upon to look the same as > âpoint textâ. Line text that looks good at one scale, will of course be > significantly stretched or shrunk at another scale.**** > > ** ** > > Ah ha I remember, I produced a dataset specifically exploring text effects > and trialing a text drawing convention that I never got into established > usage here. Perhaps it is time to dig it out?**** > > ** ** > > Bruce**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* therion-bounces at speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces at speleo.sk] *On > Behalf Of *Footleg > *Sent:* Friday, 7 June 2013 12:35 a.m. > *To:* **List for Therion users** > *Subject:* [Therion] Label point and Label line default text sizes**** > > ** ** > > I just noticed that if I set text on a point of type Label, with the > option -text "Water Rift" -scale xl**** > > and then set the same option on a line of type label, then I get different > size labels on my PDF. Is this intended? I had assumed the scale options > for text would generate the same size text whether I am placing it using a > label or a line?**** > > ** ** > > Footleg**** > > _______________________________________________ > Therion mailing list > Therion at speleo.sk > http://mailman.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.speleo.sk/pipermail/therion/attachments/20130606/27ec0331/attachment.html>
