Ok, we keep the background change. Best Regards, Paulo Soares
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruno Lowagie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:21 PM > To: Paulo Soares > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] TextRise and Chunk.BACKGROUND > / Chunk.UNDERLINE > > Paulo Soares wrote: > > >I know about that but at the time decided against any change based on > >the text rise. Here are my reasons: > > > >- the underline should follow the baseline otherwise mixing > normal text > >and superscript would cause a discontinuity. > > > I didn't think about that. I was just making some standalone examples. > > > I didn't consider the > >subscript as it doesn't have much sense mixing it with > underline text; > >the result would be probably stroke text. > > > I thought of shifting the line only in the case of subscript, but I > didn't, because: > > > For specialized work the > >customizable Chunk.setUnderline() can always be used. > > > > > Yep, that's the more stable approach. If people are using > textrise, they > should > adjust their underline, be it with a positive (superscript) or a > negative (subscript) > value. So I removed my 'fix'. > > >- about the background I'm neutral and as such I didn't > touch it. Either > >way will have problems and I think that the background should be set > >elsewhere, in a table cell for example (unless the user > wants a mosaic > >effect when the fonts sizes are not the same). > > > > > I kept this change. It's quite harmless. > > BTW: I also added a new static final NEXTPAGE to class Chunk. > Maybe it will reduce the number of 'how do I go to the next > page' questions. > br, > Bruno > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
