Well since we don't look at the AFM file ... -phil.
Peter B. West wrote:
We have noticed some oddity in the measurement of Type 1 fonts. Generally speaking, the logical bounds of characters in Type1 fonts seems to be slightly smaller than the width given in the AFM file for that font. As an example, I have used the luxirr.ttf serif font, converting it to a pfb file with a corresponding afm, using the wonderful FontForge by George Williams. When I get the metrics or, for example "A" from the ttf file, I get a width of 1479 in an em box of 2048 square. That is, the single-point logical width is 1479/2048, or .7221679687. Obtaining a GlyphVector from the single character "A" results in the following measures of logical and visual bounds. visual java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Float[x=0.0,y=-0.734375,w=0.71875,h=0.734375] logical java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D $Float[x=0.0,y=-0.9926758,w=0.72216797,h=1.2036133] The logical width matches the measurement of the font in FontForge. Converting the font to a pfb on a 1000 unit em box gives a width of 722, reflected in the afm file. Running the same test program using the Type1 file gives: visual java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Float[x=0.0,y=-0.734375,w=0.71875,h=0.734375] logical java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D $Float[x=0.0,y=-0.75279236,w=0.716095,h=0.9918213] The width is .716095. This shrinkage is consistent with observations of other Type1 files, which have not been converted from ttf, e.g. Adobe's SY______.PFB Symbol font. Peter =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA2D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
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