Underlining and character lengths

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From: tomwest
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1987 18:40

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  I am adapting our word processor to a postscript engine.  However, I
am not sure how to handle underlines.  Is there any easy way to know where
or how to underline?  We use a mono-spaced font (for the most part).  Can
one just draw a horizontal line of the appropriate length with the same
vertical position as the characters?

   i.e.   100 100 moveto
	  (Hello) show			! Using Courier 10 cpi
	  100 100 moveto
	  136 100 lineto
	  stroke

  As well, if we decide to get sophisticated, we would want to use non-mono
fonts.  Is there anywhere that we can get the length of characters in the
standard fonts (Times, Helvetica and Symbols)?

   Thanks in advance.

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				Tom West

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Subject: Underlining and character lengths
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Summary: Is there an easy way to underline is postscript?