On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Clay Leeds wrote: > Adam, > > On Jul 6, 2004, at 2:18 PM, Adam Augusta wrote: > > The 'line-height' property is supposed to specify the height of a text > > block as a multiple of the font size. The spec* says that the user > > agent > > may pick a reasonable multiplier, recommended between 1 and 1.2. I > > said > > "Forget that! I want to my spacing to be deterministic, thank you very > > much. What is this, CSS?" So I specified my own spacing. > > <snip /> > > No matter what line height I pick, the engine seems to add 5pt plus a > > little more. So if I pick 17pt, I get 22pt+, and if I pick 7pt, I get > > 12pt+. The compliance page says that the property is fully > > implemented. > > So why am I getting this 5pt+ discrepancy? <snip /> > > I don't know if it makes a difference, but it may help to know what the > output target is (PDF? AWT? PS?) as well as the JVM/JDK. I've found > kerning differences in output between AWT (-awt & -print) vs. PDF, that > is affected (exacerbated?) by the version of the Java Virtual Machine. > I realize you are writing about line-height, but perhaps (hopefully?) > this may contribute to a workaround. In either case, perhaps we need to > update the /compliance.html... > > Web Maestro Clay
PDF output java version "1.4.2_05" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_05-b04) The only workaround I can think of is to make each line a block container with an absolute position. *grimace* -Adam PS: Generating an SVG representation of a block container, putting a rotate transform on the SVG group, and then reembedding that SVG into a larger XSL:FO document seems to work well! I can even rotate to non-90 degree orientations, but then of course I have to do some trig with widths and reference points. (Of course, with the problem above, I'm going to have to come up with new reference points for every line. *shudder*) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
