Problem with PDFont.getStringWidth()

[Gerrit Lober <ge...@gmx.de>]

Dear all,

I've the following problem with PDFbox. I try to paint a rectangle with PDPageContentStream and then put a figure in the center of this rectangle.

Therefore I try to calculate the width of the text. The Method getStringWidth returns everytime the same width for all figures. That means that I get the same result for "12" and "32". Because the "1" is smaller than the "3" something is not correct and my "12" is a bit to right.

What is the reason for this?

I get the Font with the following code:
private PDFont getFont() throws IOException {
  return PDType1Font.HELVETICA;
}

Thanks!

Re: Problem with PDFont.getStringWidth()

[jl...@gi-bon.sk]

hi,
this bug is probably solved here:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-1408


best regards
Juraj Lonc




From:   "Gerrit Lober" <ge...@gmx.de>
To:     users@pdfbox.apache.org, 
Date:   04. 12. 2012 15:42
Subject:        Problem with PDFont.getStringWidth()



Dear all,

I've the following problem with PDFbox. I try to paint a rectangle with 
PDPageContentStream and then put a figure in the center of this rectangle.

Therefore I try to calculate the width of the text. The Method 
getStringWidth returns everytime the same width for all figures. That 
means that I get the same result for "12" and "32". Because the "1" is 
smaller than the "3" something is not correct and my "12" is a bit to 
right.

What is the reason for this?

I get the Font with the following code:
private PDFont getFont() throws IOException {
  return PDType1Font.HELVETICA;
}

Thanks!