Re: Metapost - text alignment

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 07:51 -0800, Rob McDonald wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> That is the thread I was remembering.  There were some red herrings
> which preceded it due to my confusion.
>
> In MetaPost, LaTeX renders the text, and I don't think MP ever 'knows'
> or 'controls' the text width.  The text width is a fallout from the
> font size and the string.

Can't we tell the LaTeX part to scale it to a certain width?

-Lars