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From: a_dent@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Text Spacing on Laser & Fractional Font Sizes?
Message-ID: <1990Oct28.235805.2481@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au>
Date: 28 Oct 90 15:58:05 GMT
Organization: University of Western Australia
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I'm working on a newspaper printing application where I have to fully justify
text (actually it's kind of fun, taking the text and codes previously sent to
a traditional printer & handling them on the Mac - Think Pascal's OOP library is
GREAT!).

So far I've come to terms with SetFractEnable and SpaceExtra and am using the
PicComment to tell the laserprint to fully justify the text.

The books/Technotes say that the Laserwriter takes the text endpoints set by
Quickdraw and justifies the text between those points.  As far as I can see, 
the only way to set these "Endpoints" is to draw the text in Quickdraw as
accurately as possible - ie: using fractional widths and SpaceExtra.  Am I
missing something here?

Secondly, how do you specify fractional font sizes?  The text I am trying to
emulate looks like about a 5.9 point Helvetica.

It is sure MESSY tracking down all the info on these bits and pieces.  (Thank
Phil for the Technote stack!).

(By the way, the comment on the "univ" parameter type for my pointer unit was 
appreciated, but I did them as they were for orthogonality - I had a need for
procedures in some places and functions in others).

Thanks in Advance

Andy Dent                     A.D. Software phone 09 249 2719
Mac & VAX programmer          94 Bermuda Dve, Ballajura
a_dent@fennel.cc.uwa.oz       Western Australia  6066     
a_dent@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.AU (international)