Re: How change character Metrics?

From	Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.postscript
Subject	Re: How change character Metrics?
Date	2015-05-14 11:52 -0600
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ken wrote:
> In article <mj0rb8$qbb$1@dont-email.me>, please@see.Web.for.e-
> mail.INVALID says...
> 
>> preferred.  This looks like a job for the
>> Metrics dictionary inside the font
>> dictionary.
>>
>> I have never tried kerning before;
>> suggestions for alternative approaches
>> would be welcome.
> 
> Use one of the other show operators instead, eg kshow ("kern-show") 
> whish is intended for the job of kerning.
> 
> Depending on exactly what it is you want to do you could also use ashow, 
> widthshow, or awidthshow

There will be text at many different
orientations, so to do this in the character
coordinate system is preferred.

kshow appears to work in the user coordinate
system.  ashow definately works in the user
coordinate system and not the character
coordinate system.  widthshow could work in
either coordinate system.  (awidthshow simply
combines ashow and widthshow into a single
operation.)

This is according to the PostScript Language
Reference Manual: Second Edition (Third
Printing, May 1991), published by Adobe.
This manual could be clearer when it
describes kshow and widthshow.

Anyway, see my separate post in this thread
for working code using font Metrics and show.

-- 
Regards,
Martin Leese
E-mail: please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID
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How change character Metrics? Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2015-05-13 18:48 -0600
  Re: How change character Metrics? luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2015-05-13 23:50 -0700
    Re: How change character Metrics? Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2015-05-14 11:26 -0600
      Re: How change character Metrics? Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2015-05-14 15:45 -0600
        Re: How change character Metrics? Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2015-05-15 09:24 -0600
  Re: How change character Metrics? ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2015-05-14 07:56 +0100
    Re: How change character Metrics? Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2015-05-14 11:52 -0600

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