Hi Andy, Yes you can obtain a valid bbox in a headless environment. You'll need to boot the svg and dom css.....
http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-batik/BootSvgAndCssDom On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Andy Fendley <a...@fendley.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a question regarding using Batik in a headless environment. > > Regarding the [ getBBox() ] method and a piece of text within an SVG > document that is NOT rendered and is in a headless environment such as a > web application, is there any way, knowing the text point size and having > the font (ttf) available to determine this bounding box using the batik > software? > > We have an [ SVGDocument ] in memory and thats it. > > Many thanks for any response in advance, and Batik is working superbly > well for us. > > Andy > > > > Andy Fendley BEng (Hons) MSc > _________________________________ > > *Software Consultant* > > LinkedIN: profile <http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/andy-fendley/6/2/802> > _________________________________ > > skype andrewfendley > twitter @andyfendley > mobile +44 (0) 7590 726426 > __________________________________ > >
