Re: Changing fonts on the same line

--- In [email protected], "Mr. Shawn H. Corey" 
<shawnhcorey@...> wrote:
>
> spinningwebz2002 wrote:
> > 	# here is where I am not sure how to do in PDF::API2
> > 
> > 	$thisletterwidth = What is the width of the character in $a 
> > using the current font settings?
> 
> $$thisletterwidth = $text->advancewidth( $a );
> 
> > 
> > 	if ($thisletterwidth + (What is the current print position on 
> > this line?) >= (Farthest right I want to print) )
> > 	{
> > 		Insert a little spacing into the current line to 
> > justify it?
> > 		Start a new line
> > 	}
> > 
> > 	Add $a to the current line
> > 
> > 	$thislinetoprint = substr($thislinetoprint,1);
> > 
> > Bypass:
> > }
> 
> I suggest to track down PDF::API2::Content.pm on your system and 
take a 
> look at it's paragraph method.  It can give a lot of ideas 
especially 
> the code for a justified paragraph.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth,
>     Shawn
> 
> "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by 
> doing them."
>    Aristotle
>


I have been doing that. I think using advancedwidth will allow me to 
build a "map" of each line of text and be able to do it. Do you know 
what information it is looking for in this:

qw[ font fontsize wordspace charspace hspace]

Which comes from %textstate when called

$txt->advancewidth $string [, %textstate]

Bill H