Footleg
I used to have this figured out, but my
memory is a bit fuzzy and I cannot immediately find where it is described.
It’s something like this I think.
Point label always gives you text of the
size you specify, at default character spacing.
Line label gives you text to fit the
length of the line. If the line is longer than is necessary for the
specified size (text height), then the characters are spaced out to fit the
line. If the line is too short, the text size is reduced (often by
non-standard amounts) so that the text will fit and metapost (or
So, in effect, ‘line text’ can
never be relied upon to look the same as ‘point text’. Line
text that looks good at one scale, will of course be significantly stretched or
shrunk at another scale.
Ah ha I remember, I produced a dataset
specifically exploring text effects and trialing a text drawing convention that
I never got into established usage here. Perhaps it is time to dig it
out?
Bruce
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Subject: [Therion] Label point and
Label line default text sizes
I just noticed that if I set text on a point of type Label, with the
option -text "Water Rift" -scale xl
and then set the same option on a line of type label, then I get
different size labels on my PDF. Is this intended? I had assumed the scale
options for text would generate the same size text whether I am placing it
using a label or a line?
Footleg