[Therion] Label point and Label line default text sizes

[Bruce]

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 tex?) generate a message saying that the text size is
reduced (or at least it used to).

 

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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From: therion-bounces at speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces at speleo.sk] On Behalf
Of Footleg
Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013 12:35 a.m.
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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

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