> Offhand I'm not familiar with the difference between a > "typographical bounding box" and a "minimal bounding box". > It's probably obvious, and I haven't had my coffee yet. > > I'm guessing it's something like the vertical difference > between the strings "Lj" and "--", where I suppose > fl_measure() is returning the same 'height' for both, and > fl_text_extents() probably returns '1' as the height of "--"..? > eg: > > fl_measure: > ................ ................. > : ___ : : : > : | o : : : > : | -- : : ---- ---- : > : _|___| | : : : > : \_| : : : > :..............: :...............: > > fl_text_extents: > ............... > : ___ : > : | o : .............. > : | -- : : ---- ---- : > : _|___| | : :............: > : \_| : > :.............: > > Is that right?
Yes - that's exactly it. (Nice graphic BTW.) In practice, the "extents" box is very tightly fitted around the "inked" area of the glyphs, much more tightly than the "measure" box would be. > > Is the proposed API acceptable? Does it suitably follow the > fltk-style? > > Seems perfectly fine to me, and what I'd expect. Thanks, I appreciate the feedback. -- Ian SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems Limited Registered Office: Sigma House, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, Essex SS14 3EL A company registered in England & Wales. Company no. 02426132 ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ fltk-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk-dev
