#1441: Hard Copy Map Utility (wxPython wrapper for ps.map) text overlay is
broken
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Reporter: cmbarton | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.2
Component: wxGUI | Version: svn-trunk
Keywords: hard copy map utility, ps.map | Platform: Unspecified
Cpu: Unspecified |
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Comment(by hamish):
Replying to [comment:4 cmbarton]:
> The code that is breaking here is trying to use the PS font name
> as a TrueType font to estimate the size of the text box for placement
> in the graphical page representation. This won't work. It only seemed
> to work because of the fact that some TrueType fonts and some PS fonts
> have the same name.
>
> So we need a different way to estimate the size of the text box.
hmm, well we know exactly how tall the text will be (10/72" for 10pt,
12/72" for 12pt, ..) but not how wide for proportionally widthed fonts. We
can probably figure out the aspect ratio for a fixed width font like
Courier and just use that knowing it won't be any wider. (???)
Hamish
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