Actually - scratch that - this solution won't work for
text that is longer than the original form field.
Will itext allow me to compute the proper font size
based on the height AND WIDTH of a rectangle?
What classes/methods are available to help me compute
the width of a piece of text given a certain font
size?
-a.
--- Andrew Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sending to the list for archival purpsoses in case
> anyone is interested.
>
> The solution we used was to set the font size to 60
> percent of the rectangle height and then set an
> extra
> top margin on the field equal to 40 percent of the
> rectangle height. This closely approximates the way
> Adobe Reader renders the autosize fields that we've
> looked at.
>
> -a.
>
>
>
> --- bruno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Andrew Smith wrote:
> >
> > >Is there something in the itext api to mimic the
> > >autosize feature that Adobe Acrobat provides for
> > form
> > >fields?
> > >
> > >
> > Yes. If you set the fontsize to 0, the font-size
> > will be adjusted
> > automatically so that the text fits the text
> field.
> > AcroFields form = stamper.getAcroFields();
> > form.setFieldProperty("field", "textsize", new
> > Float(0), null);
> >
> > >The problem I have is that my height is too
> large.
> > The
> > >fonts always appear too large on the resulting
> > form.
> > >
> > >
> > Oh, I don't know if this will be fixed by setting
> > the font-size to 0.
> >
> > >Any characters below or above the line like j's
> and
> > >g's are especially problematic. Is there some
> > constant
> > >adjustment factor I need to scale my font by? Is
> > there
> > >a better way to go about this?
> > >
> > There is a way to adjust the positioning of the
> > text, but it doesn't
> > scale the font.: form.setExtraMargin(3, 3);
> > br,
> > Bruno
> >
> >
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