Re: CF8 Image function - get size of text written

2008-01-16 Thread C S
You may want to try using TextLayout instead of FontMetrics getStringBounds() for a more accurate measurement. The Font API mentions "The logical bounds does not always enclose all the text. For example, in some languages and in some fonts, accent marks can be positioned above the ascent or be

Re: CF8 Image function - get size of text written

2008-01-16 Thread Raymond Camden
Interesting stuff. I've been wanting to do something like this for a while now, but a bit different. Given the string X, and an image Canvas, put X so that is centered horiz and vert. If you had the W/H of a set of text, it would be trivial. On Jan 16, 2008 10:46 AM, Ben Nadel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: CF8 Image function - get size of text written

2008-01-16 Thread Ben Nadel
John, I did something that was inspired by Barney Boisvert. An image function that draws text areas rather than just a line of text: http://www.bennadel.com/blog/977-ColdFusion-8-ImageDrawTextArea-Inspired -By-Barney-Boisvert-.htm In order to do this, I had to figure out the dimensions of the t

Re: CF8 Image function - get size of text written

2008-01-14 Thread C S
> I am looking for something like the getdimensions() method from > cfx_imageflare > http://efflare.com/products/cfx_imageflare/documentation/font.html My first response did not show up, so I am resending. Anyway, you might try java.awt.font.TextLayout. I do not think CF image objects retain t