Thanks Ray... -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 3:01 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: ImageUtils.cfc and CFImage
Ben wrote that portion of imageUtils, but I can say I've seen some oddities as well. It's using some Java libraries so it may make sense to google against them and see if you find anything. I believe it's the JAI library. (Don't forget - all RIAForge projects have a Contact link which give you a direct line to the owners for support.) On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Background: We have a site that uses non-websafe fonts in the generation of > banners that contain the name of the company. The company chooses the text > and then the font and the font size used in the banner. This is created on > the fly, originally using cfx_gfont, but we have been having issues with > that crashing and wanted to more to a more native CF solution. > > > > > > Problem: I am having an issue with the accuracy of the getTextDimensions > function where it doesn't seem to take into account all caps and not all > fonts are measured properly. With the raw data from it, then using the > text_overlay function, some fonts look great (EngraversOldEnglish is one), > while most are cutting off the last letter (Baker Signet BT is one of > these). TO get the bulk of them to fit, we have to multiply the width by > 1.2, but this makes the other fonts (Like Engravers Old English) have a > background image that is way too wide. Any idea as to what to do about this > or if there is a better method of determining the height and width of a > background image needed based on text, font and font size? > > > > For instance: > > > > ************************* > > *Joe's Funeral hom* > > ************************* > > For baker signet BT > > If we multiply by 1.2, the above display's great but the below looks like > this: > > > > ******************************************* > > *Joe's Funeral Home * > > ******************************************* > > For Engraver's Old English (and yes.literally that much extra space) > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336953 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
