On 4/4/2014 6:41 AM, ngalarn...@abinitio.com wrote:
I'm sorry if this is redundant, but does this mean there is no way to
find out the size (length & height) of a String as it will appear on
the screen?
What about the size of a String as it will be printed?
No it does not mean that.
The way to do this is to get the bounds of a Text node containing the
string.
-phil.
Neil
From: Phil Race <philip.r...@oracle.com>
To: Jeff Martin <j...@reportmill.com>, "openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net
Mailing" <openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net>
Date: 04/03/2014 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: Fractional Metrics
Sent by: "openjfx-dev" <openjfx-dev-boun...@openjdk.java.net>
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On 4/3/14 6:13 PM, Jeff Martin wrote:
> Is there a way to turn off FractionalMetrics in Canvas.fillText() or
Text?
No. At least not via any supported API.
>
> Also, does text rendering perform kerning, and if so, can I disable
that?
No.
>
> What I really need is to know the x position (or advance) of each
character in a rendered string.
It would need new API. And characters != glyphs. Counting char advances
has been doomed for decades ...
-phil.
>
> jeff
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