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List:       fop-dev
Subject:    Re: FOrayFont?
From:       Glen Mazza <gmazza () apache ! org>
Date:       2005-06-25 0:44:30
Message-ID: 42BCA8EE.5050108 () apache ! org
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Victor Mote wrote:

>  
>
>>Related to this is that I moved FOP from the controller-class (in use
>>1998-2004) to the pipeline approach[1] early last year, and 
>>still recommend that architecture.  However, I suspect the 
>>font code will be expecting a controller-class architecture 
>>to work.  Given that most committers have been comfortable 
>>    
>>
>
>Why do you say this? An org.foray.font.Font is pretty similar in concept to
>a java.awt.Font, except that it provides additional services. The FontServer
>is needed to keep the various clients separate. (This is important for TTF
>subsetting in multi-threaded environments). The whole system should work
>fine AFAICT anywhere where java.awt.Font might be used. It should work
>equally well with FOP's "pipeline" (pipes cemented with glue) or with
>FOray's pipeline (the Unix-ish definition of a pipe with components that are
>agnostic about the source of input or the use of output).
>
>  
>

Sounds nice!  Amazing how FOP always seems to manage to get the right 
talent at the right time.

Glen

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