[REBOL] Re: another piece for pdf-dialect
From: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 30-Jul-2001 9:35
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> Gabriele Santilli
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> Subject: [REBOL] Re: another piece for pdf-dialect
> But how could you now where the text will be wrapped? :-)
> I think I can hack a multi-textbox typesetter in not too much
> time; it won't be as good as TeX though... :)
Hi, AFAIK does TeX use such a multi-box approach. Each character uses a defined
2D space, depending on the font settings. TeX sums all those boxes and knows the
size of the page, therefore it should be possible to calculate a page break. Do
you have access to Donald Knuth's book about TeX? The basic algorithm isn't that
hard I have heard. And let's face it: I don't expect a TeX quality type-setting
at the moment, would be nice to be able to create "good-enough" PDFs for the
start. Robert