Re: [iText-questions] WordSpacing and CharacterSpacing
2008/1/28, Leonard Rosenthol [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Jan 28, 2008, at 7:27 AM, Stephan Michels wrote: I can simply prevent orphans in a column if I check if the available height is smaller than e.g. 2 rows, then I put the paragraph into the next column. To prevent widows I have to adjust the character and word spacing so that I have an additional row. I know I can increase the c. and w. spacing only a little, just below the visibility, but sometimes it is enough to prevent the orphan. Why not implement this sort of stuff directly into iText (and then provide a patch)?? By doing widow and orphan control internally, in conjunction with a smarter justification algorithm that takes vertical issues into consideration will just improve iText. Sure! My current experiement is to add the information about character and word spacing to Chunk, copy the information to PdfChunk and then using it to calculate the correct width in BidiLine.processLine(). The biggest hurdle is right now to combine it with the justify alignment in PdfDocument.writeLineToContent(). If this works then you have the instrument to control windows and it is possible to add an automatic algorithm. Stephan. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
Re: [iText-questions] WordSpacing and CharacterSpacing
See p. 347-350 in the book. The methods you're looking for are setCharacterSpacing() and setWordSpacing(). Best wishes, ---mr. bean Stephan Michels wrote: Hi, is it possible to set the word spacing and character spacing, for example a paragraph? I have to increase the values to prevent orphans in a column layout. I inspected the source code and found that PdfDocument.writeLineToContent() changed the values for justified lines, but no way to change the value directly. BTW, that the meaning of the value lastBaseFactor in this method? Thank you, Stephan Michels. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/WordSpacing-and-CharacterSpacing-tp15130366p15130943.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
Re: [iText-questions] WordSpacing and CharacterSpacing
2008/1/28, mister bean [EMAIL PROTECTED]: See p. 347-350 in the book. The methods you're looking for are setCharacterSpacing() and setWordSpacing(). Thanks, but AFAICS those values get lost if you use justified text and it is not possible to define additional space. Stephan. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
Re: [iText-questions] WordSpacing and CharacterSpacing
But if you are justifying the text, what purpose do character word spacing serve? Leonard On Jan 28, 2008, at 4:13 AM, Stephan Michels wrote: 2008/1/28, mister bean [EMAIL PROTECTED]: See p. 347-350 in the book. The methods you're looking for are setCharacterSpacing() and setWordSpacing(). Thanks, but AFAICS those values get lost if you use justified text and it is not possible to define additional space. Stephan. -- --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
Re: [iText-questions] WordSpacing and CharacterSpacing
Sorry, I mixed widows and orphans before. I always do :-/ 2008/1/28, Leonard Rosenthol [EMAIL PROTECTED]: But if you are justifying the text, what purpose do character word spacing serve? The jusitfy alignment distributes only the available space in the row. But I want more space to get an additional row or two. I can simply prevent orphans in a column if I check if the available height is smaller than e.g. 2 rows, then I put the paragraph into the next column. To prevent widows I have to adjust the character and word spacing so that I have an additional row. I know I can increase the c. and w. spacing only a little, just below the visibility, but sometimes it is enough to prevent the orphan. Stephan. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
Re: [iText-questions] WordSpacing and CharacterSpacing
On Jan 28, 2008, at 7:27 AM, Stephan Michels wrote: Sorry, I mixed widows and orphans before. I always do :-/ Yeah, big difference ;). The jusitfy alignment distributes only the available space in the row. But I want more space to get an additional row or two. Then I'd turn off auto justification for that paragraph and do it yourself as necessary. Be aware, however, that word spacing ONLY works for Latin/Roman text and character spacing will screw up any auto-kerning in place. In fact, personally, I would avoid these two operators all together and just look into more intelligent justification algorithms. I can simply prevent orphans in a column if I check if the available height is smaller than e.g. 2 rows, then I put the paragraph into the next column. To prevent widows I have to adjust the character and word spacing so that I have an additional row. I know I can increase the c. and w. spacing only a little, just below the visibility, but sometimes it is enough to prevent the orphan. Why not implement this sort of stuff directly into iText (and then provide a patch)?? By doing widow and orphan control internally, in conjunction with a smarter justification algorithm that takes vertical issues into consideration will just improve iText. Leonard - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
