Use the BBOXLLY and the BBOXURY to get the limits. The values are all relative to the baseline.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Duffner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 16:17 Subject: [iText-questions] baseline of Fonts > Hello, > > is it possible to get the baseline y position of font as absolute value. > For example I have a Font with size 10pt then I want to know that the > baseline y position is for example 3 pt. (Coordinate System like PDF) > > I ask that, because I have the following problem: > I want to add Text in the position (0,0), but if I add this then the > descending of a char like g is lost, because iText adds text to the > baseline. > > I thought the following will perhaps work. I get the maxAscending and > maxDescending of the font by the method > font.getFontDescriptor(BaseFont.ASCEND and BaseFont.DESCEND, > SIZE_OF_FONT). I wanted to do the following calculation: > > baseline_y_pos = (asc/desc) * fontsize > > And this result will be my y-position, when I add the text to the pdf > position (0,0). But there is the problem that maxAscend and maxDescend > will probably never fill the complete font square (defined by units per > em) and so I could not be sure that the ascent/descent ratio of the font > is same as the ratio defined in the font by font square (defined by > units per em) relation. > > -- > Best Regard and thanks for any comments in advance > Stefan Duffner > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media > 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 > Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. > http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
