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Article #2131Re: StringSize bug
From: Mark Sherman
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 17:23
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 17:23
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(It's not a bug, it's a feature.) I think the implementation is correct. I don't have the manual in front of me, but I think the values returned by fontdesc_StringSize(self, graphic, string, XWidth, YWidth) are supposed to be how much the current location moves in the XWidth distance and and YWidth distance if that string were imaged. Because most people use Latin alphabets that are horizontal, there is no vertical movement for imaging a string, hence YWidth of 0. I think you want the font height if you want to know how tall characters are. -Mark
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp!deimos!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!bionet!agate!ucbvax!andrew.cmu.edu!mss+ From: mss+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Sherman) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: Re: StringSize bug Message-ID: <4Zv0Y_K00VsAEP9GdJ@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: 28 Feb 90 17:23:22 GMT References: <9002280345.AA04573@bullwinkle.cs.uiuc.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 11