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Ilu
Fonts, display and PDF
Sep 1st, 2008, 2:24pm  
Hi,

I've got some trouble regarding fonts.

I was using a vlw version of Monaco-9 on MacOS to visualize some information. That works fine as long as I don't want to 'print' the screen to PDF (the bitmap vs. vector font issue).

I changed loadFont("Monaco-9.vlw") to createFont("Monaco", 9) and now I'm able to generate a PDF, but text placement is broken now. seems like textWidth() and textAlign() don't work/return the right values anymore.

Any hints?

regards
 Ilu
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fry
Re: Fonts, display and PDF
Reply #1 - Sep 1st, 2008, 4:07pm  
have you tried textMode(SHAPE) to see if there's any difference?

are you writing lengths of text or individual characters?

maybe try createFont() with a larger size, then use textSize() later (i doubt this will help, but it's worth a try).

there are some sizing/placement issues, which i haven't been able to find fixes for just yet, but it may be along the lines of what you're seeing.
http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=866
http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=806
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Ilu
Re: Fonts, display and PDF
Reply #2 - Sep 1st, 2008, 5:12pm  
Hi Fry,

textMode(SHAPE) is not supported for the default renderer. I don't use OpenGL.

I'm measuring whole sentences or words, not single characters.

textSize() didn't work as well.

The two bugs are not the issue as well. I made a picture from both versions:
http://www.foobarquarium.de/temp/fonthing.png

The vector characters are wider, but the measuring is the same as for the bitmap characters...

thanks
 Ilu
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fry
Re: Fonts, display and PDF
Reply #3 - Sep 1st, 2008, 5:31pm  
textMode(SHAPE) is supported for PDF, though--you have to call it on the PGraphicsPDF directly (if you're using beginRecord) or if you're using PDF with the size() command it should just work.

can you create a minimal sketch that shows the problem, then use Tools > Archive Sketch, and post a bug report for it? i'll look into what's going on.
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Ilu
Re: Fonts, display and PDF
Reply #4 - Sep 2nd, 2008, 3:00pm  
Hi fry,

I'll try invoking textMode(SHAPE) on the PGraphicsPDF and I'll file you a bugreport as soon as I'm back from vacation.

thanks for now...
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