The problem is that as the text size scales, it overlays cave passage. So a scrap has to be drawn with the scale in mind. In that case, the offset needs to scale with the text size. A simple solution would be for the text of a point label to be left or right justified, so it can be positioned close to the relevant feature, and the text will then scale harmlessly to the right or left. This doesn't solve the problem of the text overlaying other adjacent scraps or cave passages, of course. - Ben
-----Original Message----- From: therion-bounces@speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces@speleo.sk] On Behalf Of Bruce Mutton Sent: 19 November 2007 17:55 To: therion@speleo.sk Subject: Re: [Therion] Scaling text and text orientation
Second thoughts Stacho, Perhaps -offset exactly as you describe in real world, unscaled millimetres would be useful, especially with the additional option of a leader line pointing to the text insertion point. Regards Bruce
-----Original Message----- From: therion-bounces@speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces@speleo.sk] On Behalf Of Stacho Mudrak Sent: Monday, 19 November 2007 9:49 p.m. To: therion@speleo.sk Subject: Re: [Therion] Scaling text and text orientation
Quoting Bruce Mutton <bruce.mutton@paradise.net.nz>:
Doing it this way means you have to be aware of the scale of the finished product at the time of drawing. Plot at much smaller scale, and the text will be far from the drawn feature, plot at a much larger scale and the text will tend to overwrite the cave map. Using -align I can almost get my desired effect by placing the text insertion points on the passage walls near the feature in the cave to be labelled. A good enough solution if there is no specific feature for this.
Well, as far as I understand - you would like to have another option in addition to -align. Let's call it -offset and it would mean, how far from the desired feature the label should be. And this offset would be scale independent. Is it really like that?
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