Re: Metapost - text alignment

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

tir, 23 01 2007 kl. 06:20 -0800, skrev Rob McDonald:
> The old Metapost export code had issues with precise vertical
> placement of text.  This was due to the fact that the Metapost text
> writing command used aligned according to the bounding box instead of
> the text baseline.  Metapost does have a slightly lower level command
> which could be used to fix this problem.  However, if you do so, you
> must calculate the horizontal positioning yourself (left justified,
> right, centered).  Now would probably be a good time to address this
> issue.
>
> (If this problem has already been addressed, I apologize for the noise)
>
> I don't remember the exact details of the fix, but I've posted on it
> before.  Search the archives for messages from me, or if you can't
> find it, ask me and I'll look it up.

I take it you're thinking of
<http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2006-February/msg00114.html>.
Could you extend the example with something that sets the width of the
text?  With draw_textline, that is available for free and is essential
for correct rendering.

-Lars