RE: Size of text in Flash?

I've conducted some brief tests on Flash with Arial font, and these calculations seem to hold true....

ratio = 1024 / point_size
size_in_pixels = size_in_twips / ratio
space_between_baselines = (ascent_in_twips + descent_in_twips) / ratio + line_space_in_points

For example, with Arial font, ascent is 927, descent is 217, and the height of a letter A is 733 (according to flash)
so for size 16 Arial font, with a line_spacing of 2:

ratio = 1024 / 16 = 64
height in pixels of a letter A = 733 / 64 = 11.45
distance from the bottom of one A to the next = (927 + 217) / 64 + 2 = 19.875

I scaled this up 8 times, and it still held true, so even if it's not right, its pretty damn close.

Hope this helps

Andrew Watson

-----Original Message-----
From:	William L. Thomson Jr. [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent:	Wednesday, December 11, 2002 3:34 PM
To:	JGen Devel
Subject:	[Jgen-devel] Size of text in Flash?

What is the conversion ratio of the 1024 EM box to font points/twips? 

How do you scale the EM box for Flash?

Sorry to ask again, but I am having no luck. I have tried all sorts of
things from fontHeightInTwips/1024 and fontWidthInTwips/1024.

I can get the different characters rect, advance, and etc. but I can't
seem to get the proper proportions.

From playing around I have a range of fixed numbers I have and idea of
the width and heights I need for certain characters. But it changes
depending on the amount of characters, font type, etc.

I have not found any consistencies that I could use for all. No ratio? 

Any advice. I have looked through several other objects but I have not
seen a solution to my problem?

This is with the TextField object using HTML if it matters?

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William L. Thomson Jr.
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