No bother - glad it’s finally sinking in. (and I’ll go take a look at the clipping section and see if I can clean it up!!)
Leonard On 10/22/14, 1:52 PM, "FDnC Red" <fdnc...@yahoo.com> wrote: >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
