Re: [fltk.development] [RFE] STR#2076:Patchfor"fl_text_extents"mechanismin fltk-1.3.x

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:23:02 -0800 


> When I ported FLTK to the Mac, I started exactly that. The 
> source code  
> is still in test/unittest.cxx. The goal was to be able to verify  
> rendering on every available platform. I wanted to render markers  
> first and then overwrite them with whatever drawing function I was  
> testing. That way, of-by-one errors, for example in fl_rect, would  
> become obvious right away.

Yes - I kinda thought I remembered that.

> I would *love* to have that for text  
> rendering. For some test, a comparison to an image would be in order  
> as well
> (for example: this is how FL_HELVETICA should look and this 
> is how it is rendered on this machine).

Indeed - although my tests with font handling on different machines
suggests that only madness lies down that particular road...



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