[reportlab-users] Scaling PDF fonts to match windows

[Ian Sparks]

Marius Wrote:

>Knuth says that the point size is "a more-or-less arbitrary number that
>reflects the size of type [a font] is intended to blend with [with =
other
>fonts of the same family]".

+1 for trial and error then.



-----Original Message-----
From: Marius Gedminas [mailto:marius@codeworks.lt]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 5:49 AM
To: Reportlab-Users (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [reportlab-users] Scaling PDF fonts to match windows


On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 05:01:59PM -0400, Ian Sparks wrote:
> As a test I wrote a line of text in Word and printed it.
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> Then using the adobe add-in to word I converted this to PDF and
> printed the resulting PDF.
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> The font sizes were different. They both were 12pt but they looked and
> printed different.
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> I discovered that for MS Sans Serif I had to multiply the font size by
> 1.21 to get a near-exact match. For 8pt MS Sans Serif the multiplier
> was 1.33 to get the match I wanted.
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> Question : Is there an algorithm for working out the scaling required
> or is this going to be trial and error for every font and size?
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> Anyone have a clue?

Knuth says that the point size is "a more-or-less arbitrary number that
reflects the size of type [a font] is intended to blend with [with other
fonts of the same family]".

See also: http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_8.htm#SEC16

Marius Gedminas
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