Hi Jonathan, Many thanks for this, I will investigate.
Andy On 29 Apr 2013, at 18:27, jonathan wood wrote: > 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 > _________________________________ > > skype andrewfendley > twitter @andyfendley > mobile +44 (0) 7590 726426 > __________________________________ > > Andy Fendley BEng (Hons) MSc _________________________________ Software Consultant LinkedIN: profile _________________________________ skype andrewfendley twitter @andyfendley mobile +44 (0) 7590 726426 __________________________________
