Peter's right. We've done some loud thinking a few months back (Dec/Jan, I think) about the possibility to create several output files from the same area tree. At the moment anyway, the renderer provides the fonts and the layout engine adjusts to that. So, that means that the area tree differs depending on the renderer used. That can be improved but only by making a central font registry. The renderer would then announce which font sources it supports. It's all in the archives.
On 02.06.2003 14:27:07 Peter B. West wrote: > > For those output formats requiring an area tree (i.e., > > non-TXT, RTF, etc.), the area tree is independent of > > the renderer, correct? > > > > I.e., the area tree created for a document will be > > the same for all renderers, and the area tree is > > created without taking into account its subsequent > > renderer. > > In general, no. Most of the atoms composing the area tree are character > glyphs. How they are composed on the page depends on their metrics. > The font metrics may vary from renderer to renderer. For this reason, > the target renderer (or at the very least the font metrics associated > with the renderer) must be known. Jeremias, Victor and others have been > concerned with factoring out a fonts subsystem, so they may be able to > promise that for FOP this issue will be resolved. > > I know nothing at all about image rendering, but there may also be > renderer dependencies in the composition of images. Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
