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Re: Font metrics in AFPDS?

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 2:15 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[James wrote:]

If I could determine the set-width of a character string, in the font in
which it is presented.

Not sure what you mean by set-width. Would it help if you knew the
"pixel-width" of a character set based on font name and size? A table with
the following columns?

Font Name, Font Size, Character, Pixel Width

In a nutshell, that is what he is asking. I'm not a typesetter, but I
believe "set-width" means "rendered/typeset width". Talking about
pixels is... well, it's not the typical lingo in the printing world,
or at least it wasn't. Maybe now that everything is computerized, the
term "pixel" is seeping in. But the last time I dived with any depth
into printing, the closest thing to a "printed pixel" was a "dot".

John Y.

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