Thanks Leonard. I do have the spec and I have read it. That doesn't mean I understand all of it. I also have your book and while easier to read and understand I didn't understand this nuance when reading the chapter 2 part about clipping. I'm sorry to be a bother and I appreciate your help.
Darren On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 12:47 PM, Leonard Rosenthol <lrose...@adobe.com> wrote: On 10/22/14, 1:01 PM, "FDnC Red" <fdnc...@yahoo.com> wrote: >Whoa there Michael. This may be the key concept that I'm missing. Yes, this is what Michael and I have been trying to explain to you! And it¹s clear that you need to read either the PDF spec and/or a good book that explains all thisŠ >So with this partial stream, are you saying that everything from Graphics >State Save (line 2) to Graphics State Restore (line 20) is "invisible" >aka clipped because of the W n on lines 6 and 7? I was thinking the W >and n only went with the preceding rectangle. The W & n go with the preceding rectangle (in this example) to DEFINE the clipping region - that is then APPLIED to the rest of the graphic state. So that YES, the text (in this example) will only show IF it intersects with the clipping area. Leonard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
