On Fri, 1 Apr 2016, Ondrej Pokorny wrote:
On 31.03.2016 22:58, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
I suspect this can be easily implemented.
Synopse pdf is the reason I started fppdf. Synopse is heavily Windows
centric, but otherwise quite capable.
Yes, correct. I was who implemented exact drawing to Synopse PDF (i.e.
rendering to exact rect) because the font sizes on Canvas and PDF were quite
different. IIRC you compare the actual text width with the wanted text width
and you scale the text box with a transformation.
Coordinate transformations are explicitly part of the PDF generator design.
I also implemented underline text and did more enhancements, I don't remember
exactly any more. It was years ago.
Now I stay before a choice to use Synopse PDF (and to have PDF export
Windows-only) or create a new bindings to fppdf.
Well, obviously I cannot make this choice for you.
For me there was no choice: my software runs on headless linux servers.
So maybe you will profit from my lack of choice :-)
Fppdf is a young library (although it required many months of work)
I am sure many improvements will be made as the reporting library develops.
A canvas descendant that renders to pdf is planned, but not very high
priority.
Patches and suggestions are definitely welcome. The library is intended for
production, so quality is important.
I have to take a look at fppdf. I'll need a PDF export in the next months. If
I decide for fppdf you can be sure that I'll make you busy with sending
patches :)
No worries there, they will be very welcome :)
Michael.
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