[xep-support] Line-through alignment with embedded TTF

Devang Parekh jenkinsear at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 3 15:18:26 PST 2003


How would I go about changing the font metrics for a
ttf file?  Are there any free programs that do it?

Devang Parekh
jenkinsear at yahoo.com
--- David Tolpin <dvd at renderx.com> wrote:
> > 
> > When I embed Garamond or BookmanOldStyle fonts
> then
> > specify line-through in text-decoration, the
> > line-through is above the lowercase letters and
> > slightly above middle on the uppercase letters. 
> Is
> > there a solution to this problem?  
> > 
> 
> line-through is drawn at the distance of 2/3 of
> XHeight above
> the baseline. If XHeight is not specified, then
> XHeight is equal
> to CapHeight. If CapHeight is not specified then
> CapHeight is 
> equal to Ascender. 
> 
> There is probably a better approach; I'll check it.
> To solve the
> problem, modify the font metrics and set XHeight to
> something meaningful.
> 
> David
> 
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