"Victor Mote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 24.05.2004 02:32:28:

> There may come a time when the awt system is the way to go, but AFAICT, 
it
> isn't here yet, but I'll be glad to be proven wrong.
> 
> ...
> 
> No. Font *embedding* is renderer specific. AFAICT, everything else about 
the
> font is the same.
> 
> ...
>
> It is a non sequiter to say that layout needs only font metrics (which 
is
> true), and therefore the logical home for font selection information is 
the
> renderer.
> 
> ...
> 
> Again, the underlying font is the same whether you are rendering to PDF,
> Postscript, or anything else. Only the embedding would change. Please 
let me
> know if I have missed something.

To all of that I entirely agree, but might want to add one thing: a 
renderer
should have a way to supply a font to the formatter's font repository. 
This
is needed when, for example, a print renderer can query and use builtin
printer fonts. The way to query and get these (even if it's only a 
metrics-only
font) should be in the renderer, though. Sometimes, this is an essential 
feature,
for example for special OCR/OMR fonts stored in printers for which you may 
not
have a "screen" font.

My 2 cents.

Arnd
-- 
Arnd Beißner
Cappelino Informationstechnologie GmbH

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