On Jul 29, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Don Jungk wrote:
> It appears that RB (2006r4) is drawing all text at the wrong size.
> I'm using
> DrawString on canvases, but the same appears in StaticTexts and
> EditFields.
I'll agree that fonts on Linux seem to be quite a bit larger than
they do on Windows or Mac. In fact, I've had to create a layout
handler just to increase the size of certain controls on Linux so
that they aren't chopped off -- but only for Linux.
> Text drawn at a text size of, say 48 point, should measure 48
> points from the
> bottom of a descender to the top of an ascender.
Actually, it should be from the baseline to the top of the highest
ascender...
> Not all type styles have the
> baseline at the same place between these two limits. It appears
> that all the
> text draw by RB apps is coming out between 48 points and about 100
> points,
> depending on the font. It is always 48 from the baseline to the top
> of an
> ascender.
Which is correct...
> I noticed this because I'm working on a drawing program and I use a
> canvas to
> display on the screen, while I write Postscript for printing. Type
> sizes
> don't match. I thought maybe it's a "Linux thing", but other
> programs that
> draw text (Pixel, TextMaker, Scribus) all draw it the "correct" way.
I'd actually say that *they* are incorrect, font sizes are not
supposed to take into account any descenders.
> I call this the correct way because I worked as a typesetter and in
> printing
> plants for more than 30 years and type size has never been measured
> from the
> baseline.
It's been measured from baseline for 23 years on computers, and when
*I* worked with typesetting, type height was always measured baseline-
to-ascender.
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Subject: Re: 2007 r3 Color issue?
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On Jul 29, 2007, at 15:32 UTC, Sean Arney wrote:
> I am having trouble in 2007 r3 with a function not accepting the same
> parameters it was under previous versions. Can anyone lend a hand on
> whats going on here
Maybe, if you give us more information. Are you getting an error
message, or what?
For what it's worth, I have lots of methods that take color parameters,
and they're working just fine in 2007 r3 for me. I also tried a
declaration just like yours, and that worked for me too.
Best,
- Joe
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