You could try doing it with an API call. Use glqhandles to get the
drawing hdc (3rd element) and then do a cd call to
SetTextCharacterExtra. If it works, great. If it doesn't, I'd rather not
hear about it :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "bill lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Beta forum" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Jbeta] glqtextmetrics related
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
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