Hi;

Yes, it's interesting. I walked through your code for this and it looks
correct and it does match what Acrobat does. So the questions is - why is
Java off? I think it's a bug in Java.

thanks - dave


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From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David Thielen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "itext"
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Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Font width problem


> The width is taken directly from the fonts.
>
> Best Regards,
> Paulo Soares
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Thielen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "itext" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 15:02
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Font width problem
>
>
> > How does iText get the width in it's code? It appears to get correct
> > values.
> >
> > thanks - dave
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "David Thielen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "itext"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 4:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Font width problem
> >
> >
> > > A direct match is probably impossible but you can have a test text to
> > > compare the widths and then set the AffineTransform in
> > FontRenderContext.
> > > This may or may not work, I'm no java graphics expert.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Paulo Soares
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "David Thielen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "itext" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 18:37
> > > Subject: [iText-questions] Font width problem
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi;
> > > >
> > > > Attached is a program that determines the text width using both Java
> > and
> > > > iText. The output is:
> > > >
> > > > iText width = 81.26401
> > > > java width = 75.0
> > > > java bounds width = 74.09375
> > > > java bounds method 2 width = 75.0
> > > >
> > > > The iText width measure appears to be more accurate when the actual
> > pdf
> > > > is written. However, my code is all written using the java
> > > > AttributedString/AttributedCharacterIterator code which handles all
> > the
> > > > word breaks, etc. based on locale which I also need.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas on how to get the java calls to return values that match
> > what
> > > > Acrobat displays? Because at the moment I have the end of one word
> > > > overwriting the bef=gining of the next (when there is a character
> > format
> > > > change between the words and I have to display each seperately).
> > > >
> > > > thanks - dave
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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