I just figured it out. I found cases where the problem didn't occur, and then worked backwards. It was because I was using a fractional point size for my fonts.
When I first tried a fractional size (10.5pt) I had observed that the text was coming out smaller and deduced the point size was being rounded down to the nearest integer. I figured that was the end of it and left the font sizes specified that way. Eventually, the fix would catch up with the template, right? However, the other *side effect* of having a real number point size for a font is the massive problems with inline blocks and font styles that I observed. That, and a margin jump. Once I put the font size back to an integer, everything became "normal" - though I still notice a very slight, almost imperceptible variation along the right margin of justified text, the output is fine. I have the beginnings of a picture in my head about what was going on inside the renderer, but I won't bore the crowd with speculation. At any rate, problem "solved." :) Thanks for your responses Jeremias. -David On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, David Wood wrote: > I'm actually using the PDF renderer. I've got the source and am hunting > around now. If I have anything to say about it, this bug isn't going to > last until Friday. > > Of course, anyone with knowledge of PDFRenderer who would like to comment > on this bug is more than welcome... No answer to my post on the dev list, > though. > > Also, if anyone is using the PDFRenderer with inline italic/bold text and > is _not_ having this problem, I'd really like to hear from them too. > > -David > > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > > Are you using the PostScript Renderer? If yes, then I can only tell you, > > it's on the tasklist. If you want to look into it yourself, look at > > org.apache.fop.render.ps.PSRenderer.java. > > > > > I have a bunch of justified text. If I use > > > > > > <fo:inline font-style="italic">...</fo:inline> > > > > > > I get inconsistent and random-seeming gaps on either end of the inline > > > block. These are often large and ugly and are impossible to miss. > > > > > > On every line where italics occur, the right margin is exceeded, as > > > though the spurious space being added around the italics are not being > > > taken into account during line breaking and justification calculations. > > > > > > Not being able to use italics is a big huge one. Is there a workaround for > > > this? And if not, where should I look in the code to start fixing it? > > > > Cheers, > > Jeremias Märki > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > OUTLINE AG > > Postfach 3954 - Rhynauerstr. 15 - CH-6002 Luzern > > Fon +41 41 317 20 20 - Fax +41 41 317 20 29 > > Internet http://www.outline.ch > > > > >
