[Therion] Scaling text and text orientation

[Cooper, Ben]

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 at speleo.sk 
> [mailto:therion-bounces at speleo.sk] On Behalf Of Bruce Mutton
> Sent: 19 November 2007 17:55
> To: therion at 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 at speleo.sk 
> [mailto:therion-bounces at speleo.sk] On Behalf
> Of Stacho Mudrak
> Sent: Monday, 19 November 2007 9:49 p.m.
> To: therion at speleo.sk
> Subject: Re: [Therion] Scaling text and text orientation
> 
> Quoting Bruce Mutton <bruce.mutton at 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?
> 
> Regards, S.
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