Yes I'm calculating before the creation of the SVG. For solution 1), is there a standard function to do that?
For solution 2), isn't Helvetica a browser font? Also why the same fonts can have different metrics in different browsers? On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Robert Marcano <rob...@marcanoonline.com>wrote: > On 11/19/2013 12:44 PM, kototama kototama wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm calculating the bbox value of a group containing a rectangle to >> adapt its dimension to the text it contained. >> > > If the calculation is not dynamic, but done on Java before dumping the SVG > XML, the problem may be related to the real font used. There is no > guarantee that the UA displaying the SVG has the font, or the font has > exactly the same metric that the one you used to calculate the sizes > > In an ideal world were everyone comply with the latest standard, you have > a few options: > > 1- Transform the text to shapes > > The infallible solution > > 2- Make the font available to the browser using a browser supported font > format > > Never tried this, but it could work for no complex western languages > where laying out text hasn't complex rules > > 2- Transform the font to a SVG Font > > Not all UA/browsers have support for SVG Fonts (Firefox hasn't, not sure > about Chrome) > > 3- User SVG flow elements > > Batik has some extensions for this, no standard, SVG 1.2 has proposal > for that but there isn't any 1.2 compliant browser, and Batik isn't 1.2 > compliant either > > >> The generated SVG looks like this: >> >> <g xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; class="rectangle-node" id="node3" >> transform="translate(200, 225)"> >> <rect style=" fill: white; stroke: black; " width="100.0" height="40.0"/> >> <text x="50" font-size="12px" y="20" style=" dominant-baseline: central; >> " font-family="helvetica" text-anchor="middle">Stuff</text> >> </g> >> >> As you can see on the attached image this works well with Batik (on the >> right of the image) but the same SVG displayed in Chrome (on the left) >> is not correct. The text flows out of the rectangle. >> >> Why does this calculation is not renderer independent given the font >> size and font are specified? >> >> What kind of solution can I implement to solve this problem? >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: batik-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: batik-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: batik-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: batik-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > >
