Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax.uwo.ca!4225_5117
From: 4225_5117@uwovax.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: DrawChar
Message-ID: <1991Feb25.005856.8675@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 25 Feb 91 05:58:56 GMT
References: <2592@kluge.fiu.edu>
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In article <2592@kluge.fiu.edu>, acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes:
> i setup a window with no title. now, when i moveto local coordinates (0, 5)
> with 0 as vertical and 5 as horizontal, why or why when i drawchar ('a')
> doesn't the 'a' get drawn to the upper left corner of the window. it seems
> like there is an imaginary window title there and the (0, 5) gets offset
> from that. i don't want this. how can i do what i want?
> 
> albert

Simple, the current vertical pen position is used as the position for the
baseline of the font.  In the case of Shaston this is probably about 7 or 8
pixels from the top of the character.  To get the text to appear where you want
you must take this top-to-baseline height into account and position the pen
down far enough.


     Mike


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