Auto-leading with irregular columns has to be done with approximations and I don't know if the new ColumnText model will allow it. We'll see.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 2:27 Subject: [iText-questions] ColumnText issues (was Re: leading, tracking, kerning) > Great and being able to set word spacing would be a nice thing as well. > Oh > yeah and while we're adding to your workload, Paulo ;-j do you have any > plans to fix the leading issues that occur when using non-rectangular > columns? > > Normally when two fonts appear on the same line or with an image the > leading > should come from the largest item on the line (via multipliedLeading). > This > works fine for "simple" i.e. rectangular columns but not with > non-rectangular columns which instead assume a fixed leading for all > lines. > > Looking at the code I can see that this is not going to be a completely > trivial problem to fix however because calculating the length of the > line is > then dependent on finding the intersection with the column outline at > the > height of the line. A solution would need to calculate both the line > length > and line height simultaneously and deal with cases like where columns > that > get narrower as they go down the page (i.e. the line nees to get shorter > as > the line gets higher). > > ...john > > > : Thank you. That's what I'm doing now (and must not do for script-like > : fonts). > : > : Best Regards, > : Paulo Soares > : > : ----- Original Message ----- > : From: "John Hardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 1:39 > : Subject: [iText-questions] Re: iText-questions digest, Vol 1 #691 - 3 > msgs > : > : > : > Tracking is the uniform addition or subtraction of letter space > to/from > : > all > : > the characters in a font. Tracking generally is used to increase > letter > : > spacing as type gets smaller and decrease it as type gets larger. > : > > : > : In October or November ColumnText will support kerning, several > ways > : > of > : > : spacing for justified text and full features right-to-left text > with > : > arabic > : > : shaping. Until then you are on your own. By the way, what's > tracking, > : > : typographically speaking? > : > : > : > : Best Regards, > : > : Paulo Soares > : > : > : > : ----- Original Message ----- > : > : From: "Shahzad Latif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > : To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > : Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 14:52 > : > : Subject: Re: [iText-questions] leading, tracking, kerning > : > : > : > : > : > : > Hi: > : > : > > : > : > Just a correction. Leading is working great. My bad. > : > : > > : > : > Could someone suggest something for tracking, kerning, space > between > : > : > words > : > : > issues in columntext. I would really appreciate that. > : > : > > : > : > Regards, > : > : > > : > : > Shahzad > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board > for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! > http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
