Hello Stefan,<br><br>You'll probably need alot of info, about the font, to be able to really handle fonts properly.<br><br>It's been a while since I've really written that kind of code.<br><br>But just consider the concept of "kerning". Any API would need to expose that kind of info too.
<br><br><br>See ya<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/17/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Stefan Haustein</b> <<a href="mailto:sh@kobjects.org">sh@kobjects.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br><br>I would like to second the drawString() request.<br><br>It makes sense to have a simple API, but it should be balanced with<br>application simplicity and readability to some extent. Doing CSS black<br>magic to overlay text and a Canvas object just seems inadequate for
<br>something like axis labeling.<br><br>As noted earlier by somebody else (did not find the mail...), we would<br>also need a simple Font object, but the minimum requirements seem rather<br>simple:<br><br>Font Canvas.createFont
(String cssFontProperties);<br>Canvas.setFont(Font font) // set current font<br>Canvas.drawString(int x, int y, String text);<br>Font Canvas.getFont() // current font<br><br>int Font.stringWidth(String s);<br>int Font.getHeight
(); // includes leading<br>int Font.getBaselinePosition();<br>int Font.getAscent();<br>int Font.getDescent();<br><br>Best regards<br>Stefan Haustein<br><br><br><br>Alfonso Baqueiro wrote:<br>> Hello Charles,<br>><br>
> 2006/10/17, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <<a href="mailto:supercanadian@gmail.com">supercanadian@gmail.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:supercanadian@gmail.com">supercanadian@gmail.com</a>>>:<br>><br>
> Hello Alfonso,<br>><br>> On 10/17/06, *Alfonso Baqueiro* < <a href="mailto:abaqueiro@gmail.com">abaqueiro@gmail.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:abaqueiro@gmail.com">abaqueiro@gmail.com
</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> The canvas component is very promising, but the lack of<br>> drawString method could be a great error for its success, this<br>> lack is a huge limitation, how could you resolve this problem?
<br>><br>><br>> I believe that some people's reason for not wanting to add it was<br>> because of Accessibility concerns.<br>><br>> Although normal text in a webpage... or even a text image (with
<br>> the "alt" attribute filled in properly) could be "read" by a<br>> person with disabilities, text embedded in the canvas element<br>> could not.<br>><br>> Perhaps people need to think about how to add Accessibility to the
<br>> canvas while allowing a "drawString" procedure.<br>><br>><br>> Well a drawString method in canvas can be used for drawing the axis<br>> labels or values on a dinamic javascript graphic, but is non sense an
<br>> aural reader read it, theres no way (yet) to read an image to a<br>> blinded people, there are cases where is imposible the accessibility,<br>> is imposible for a blind to play video games, and accessibility dont
<br>> stop the video games creation. In the case of images or the canvas the<br>> alt attribute could do the job.<br>><br>> See ya<br>><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
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