[R] difference metric info of same font on different device

Jinsong Zhao jszhao at yeah.net
Sat Apr 8 09:19:14 CEST 2017


On 2017/4/7 23:13, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> I think it is a fundamental characteristic of graphics drivers that output will look different in the details... you are on a wild goose chase. Postscript in particular has a huge advantage in font presentation over other graphics output mechanisms.
>

Well, the problem stems from the MetricInfo of CID-keyed fonts, which 
are intended only for use for the glyphs of East Asian languages, which 
are all monospaced and are all treated as filling the same bounding box. 
(from the help page of CIDFont)

However, is it possible to use the same MetricInfo of CID-keyed fonts as 
that for png() or windows()?

Best,
Jinsong



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