bb@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) (08/01/90)
I have a question on effective path lengths. I am using the following
code, designed to accumulate the width of a multi-font string (this
is a quick hack for labels, so no flames about design):
/accum 0 def
newpath
0 0 moveto
(before step 1)
/ZapfDingbats findfont [0.19 0 0 0.25 0 0] makefont setfont
(\053) false charpath flattenpath pathbbox currentpoint
newpath moveto
/accum pop exch pop sub 2 div neg accum add def
(after step 1)
0.1 0 rmoveto
(before step 2)
/NewCenturySchlbk-Bold findfont [0.19 0 0 0.25 0 0] makefont setfont
(savvy.math.ufl.edu) false charpath flattenpath pathbbox currentpoint
newpath moveto
/accum pop exch pop sub 2 div neg accum add def
(after step 2)
and I am getting a limitcheck error on the command flattenpath.
Ehandler.ps dumps the strings on the stack, and the last one shown is
"before step 2". This tells me that the flattenpath is failing when
it tries to flatten the path that contains "savvy.math.ufl.edu". The
scaling at this point is in inches, so the characters are a reasonable
size. On the average, how many characters can I expect to fit in a
LaserWriter II Model M6000's path length?
Thanks in advance.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo."
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University of Florida Internet: bb@beach.cis.ufl.eduphillips@tegra.COM (Steve Phillips) (08/03/90)
In article <24004@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> bb@beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes: > >I have a question on effective path lengths. I am using the following >code, designed to accumulate the width of a multi-font string... [ description of limitcheck error on flattenpath deleted... ] You probably already know this, but I'll mention it anyway... :^) You can use the "setflat" operator to increase the number of characters you can do a flattenpath on. Setflat controls the closeness of the approximation when you convert each bezier to line segments, so by increasing the allowable error in the approximation you can decrease the number of line segments in the path. The limitcheck error is caused because you're exceeding the maximum number of path segments per path. I don't know what the limitation is for your printer, but on old LaserWriters I think it was 1500. - Steve -- ============================================================================ Steve Phillips Tegra-Varityper, Inc. tegra!phillips@uunet.com Billerica, MA ============================================================================