Questions tagged [fontmetrics]
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Font Metrics in C
I wanted to know if there is any library in C available for calculating the Font Metrics (Basically i wanted to know the width of a string of Particular Font).
QT has QFontMetrics. Is there any way I can get similar data in C.
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GraphicsMagick and FontMetrics
My aim is to create a text image and put it on top of other images. This is the command I use to create the text image:
String[] cp_img_arguments = {"convert",
"-size", width_size + "x",
"-background", background_colour,
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Leading of FontMetrics seems that returns always zero?
I tried this code:
Paint.FontMetrics pf = new Paint.FontMetrics();
parentPaint.getFontMetrics(pf);
float lead = pf.leading;
But it seems that leading is always 0.I read docs in about leading:
The recommended additional space to add between lines…
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How to speed up text measurement on Android?
I'm writing an application that has a custom text layout engine, and for this to work I must measure lots (thousands) of Strings using the .getTextBounds() method on the Paint class.
It does work. But on some devices, this measurement is extremely…
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FontMetrics: TextBound invalid
What is the meaning of this warning??, im getting it when i set a text in a TextView:
10-30 23:56:42.122: W/TextPaint(1366): FontMetrics: TextBound invalid!!! top:-32 text:00:05:50
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How, in iOS, can I get the width of a string as rendered in a particular font and point size?
I would like to draw cards on a screen that have a small amount of text when they're laid out, more text when they're zoomed in, and ideally animate from one setting to the other like jQuery(...).show('slow');. The beginning state is slightly…
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Draw Text in Middle of the Screen
I'm trying to draw text in the middle of my JFrame window, and it's off by a little bit.
Here's what I've tried :
FontMetrics fontMetrics = g.getFontMetrics(font);
// draw title
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.setFont(font);
int titleLen =…
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Right align text on image
Graphics g = image.getGraphics();
FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
int actual_width= fm.stringWidth("My Value");
drawString("My Value",total_width-actual_width,ypos);
g.dispose();
ImageIO.write(image, "bmp", new…
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How to get the font metrics of a QPainter outside paintEvent?
How to get the font metrics of a QPainter outside paintEvent drawing method? I would need this before painting on the screen.
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Java Graphics: Constructing FontMetrics from Font, without a Graphics2D
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Given FontMetrics
There is a protected constructor for FontMetrics from Font.
Question:
Given a Font object, is there a way to construct a FontMetrics object without going through Graphics2D.setFont, Graphics2D.getFontMetric()?
Context
I'm…
user1311390
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FontMetrics setFont?
I am making a program in which I need to set the Font inside a FontMetrics object. I have already created the fontmetrics before, but now I don't have access to the Graphics object anymore. Yet, I want to change the font inside the FontMetrics, that…
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Best way to find real bounds of font
I was looking for a way to find the bounds on rendered text and encountered the FontMetrics getStringBounds method. This seems to ignore some font's descent and has an exaggerated ascent so that it returns a bounds that doesn't let me align…
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Is it possible to get accurate character/font metrics in AS3?
I have created a class which will use an embedded font to dynamically generate a bitmap font at run-time.
So far it works well except that I have a minor issue with character spacing.
In the image below the first line is an actual TextField and the…
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JLabel width always returning 0 in the constructor. Then if the width is over X value, insert a line break?
I've created a class which extends the JLabel class. This class essentially makes it "nicer" for me to attach the relevant IconImage to my JLabel, and size it correctly too.
When I create a new JLabel, by code, I now do it by something = new…
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How to get the ascent and descent of a specific string with font applied
Saved Custom Font data to UIFont.
UIFont* font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"SourceHanSans-Medium" size:nEmSize];
Now I want to get the height of a string.
However, the value of nEmSize, which is the size of the font, is returned for the height of the…
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