Bruno Lowagie <bruno <at> lowagie.com> writes: > iText already does this for you: > > float fontSize = chunk.font().size(); > float ascender = > chunk.font().getFont().getFontDescriptor(BaseFont.ASCENT, fontSize); > float descender = > chunk.font().getFont().getFontDescriptor(BaseFont.DESCENT, fontSize); > > The font provides the values for ASCENT and DESCENT. > If you want to fine tune this, you'll have to dig into > the font and hope the metrics you need are available. > > br, > Bruno >
Sorry, but your code example doesn't work because at a Font object, there is no method getFont and the method getFontDescriptor is not available. Can you tell me what's wrong? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
