Eric Iverson wrote: > 1. only glfont is required > thanks. > 2. font stuff is always in points. You raise a good point about the > granularity, but this will not be addressed in 601. > > 3. I'm reluctant to add the Overhang member to the glqtextmetric result. > You should use glqextent in laying out text rather than trying to do > calcs with extra textmetrics info. I believe that if you did a glqextent > on text with a normal and then a bold font you would in fact determine > the overhang value more acurately than is returned in textmetrics. > never mind, because glqextent can be used, only that it means glqtextmetrics become less useful.
> 4. SetTextCharacterExtra won't be supported in 601. It may be considered > for future releases if there is a strong argument for its support. Some fonts look unpleasant with default spacing. It will be nice to have this feature because there is no workaround. -- regards, bill ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
