Hi Howard, Interesting.. I've just tried this and can confirm your findings.
What I think your seeing is the natural space that is built around the font, this is usually more pronounced in the verticle padding than the horizontal. To see what I mean, try changing the font type then refit the contents, notice how the verticle padding changes. This is a function of the font itself and not I believe a problem with LiveCode. See here for a pictorial representation: http://slodive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/helvetica/helvetica-font-download.jpg http://slodive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/helvetica/helvetica-font-download.jpg With Helvetica at 100pt I've found that margins of -5, -20,-5,-20 work well, but only at 100pt. To get a consistent removal of padding for all font sizes ( for one type font) you will need to work out the ratio of the natural padding to the size of the font and calculate and update the margins for each new font size. ----- Andy Piddock My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. PointandSee is a FREE simple but full featured under cursor colour picker / finder. http://www.pointandsee.co.uk - made with LiveCode (v1.4.1 released 26/08/2011) -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/What-is-up-with-FormattedHeight-tp4360344p4360697.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
