fredc@umrisca.isc.umr.edu (Fred Clauss) (05/29/90)
I am working on a SunView application which uses a Canvas-type window and would like to get some info before deciding how to implement text display. My application uses an underlying real-coordinate system which is scaled into the display canvas. Any text which is displayed must also be scaled, so I am forced into the awkward position of either creating a family of pixfonts, since the stuff on my system does not seem to have a wide-ranging family), or replacing pr_text and pw_text with my own routines. The text I need is simple line/circular-arc stroke type, so the second option might not be too onerous, but could be a bit too slow. Another possibility could be re-generating a pixfont-like structure every time I zoom in or out. I'm sure that additional packages such as SunGKS might make my this a snap, but I'm really trying to build a lowest-common-denominator system, not a high-end commercial one. Fred Clauss INTERNET: fredc@isc.umr.edu (preferred) Intelligent Systems Center or flc@umree.ee.umr.edu University of Missouri UUNET: {occrsh|sunarch}!umree!flc Rolla, MO 65401 BITNET: S081192@UMRVMA