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From: garya@garya.Solbourne.COM (Gary Aitken)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XDrawImageString
Message-ID: <1989Nov30.011023.791@Solbourne.COM>
Date: 30 Nov 89 01:10:23 GMT
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>I have noticed a problem with using XDrawImageString on the font "variable".
>Sometimes little "turds" are left on the top or bottom of the CharStruct.

>I rectified the problem by instead using XFillRectangle and then XDrawString.

Yeah, it's there forever as nearly as I could tell. The ASCENT/DESCENT font
metrics determine what gets drawn with XDrawImageString, and they don't
completely cover all characters.  You have the correct solution.  It seems
to me that anyone using a foreign language with diacritical marks is likely
to have the problem.  I sent mail to the appropriate folks at DEC (at
rws's suggestion), and they said no change, no way...
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Gary Aitken

Solbourne Computer Inc.    ARPA: garya@Solbourne.COM
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