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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: CC: Re: "new" wp for linux
From:       Tomasz Grobelny <grotk () poczta ! onet ! pl>
Date:       2004-04-14 15:32:10
Message-ID: 200404141732.10887.grotk () poczta ! onet ! pl
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On Wednesday 14 of April 2004 15:48, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 April 2004 13:50, Tomasz Grobelny wrote:
> > > and width for each text part (probably per line).
> >
> > /Times-Roman findfont 24 scalefont setfont
> > 100 100 moveto (Setting width is not necessary. I must have misunderstood
> > something.) show showpage
>
> When default sizing is used; no width is needed. Try to adjust the kerning,
kshow+kerning tables.

> the scaling or whatever.  Framemaker allows you to select a line and make
> it 97% width so that last word won't fall off.
> Your solution would mean thats impossible.
But does it reduce whitespace width, character width or scale entire 
characters?

> Remember that the font you sent (in your postscript file) may be ignored
> because a locally installed font of the same name is present. I had a print
> with an Arial on paper, while I sent an Helvetica in the postscript file.
> The printer just thought it should be Arial.
> Stupid printer, but I am happy that the end lines were present to make sure
> the sizing went right.
1. I'm not sure but isn't it a bug in PostScript interpreter?
2. When printer substituted font and kept metrics (or at least overall width) 
in tact those two propably didn't fit. Setting string width is not a 
solution.

Tomek
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