Re: [Rd] RFC: Kerning, postscript() and pdf()

2008-10-17 Thread Mark Difford
gt;> Also Thank You to the rest of R core for all the great work. >> >> R: Come for the price, Stay for the Quality >> >> -- >> Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. >> Statistical Data Center >> Intermountain Healthcare >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 801.4

Re: [Rd] RFC: Kerning, postscript() and pdf()

2008-10-17 Thread Bálint Czúcz
801.408.8111 > > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> project.org] On Behalf Of Prof Brian Ripley >> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:03 AM >> To: R-devel@r-project.org >> Subject: Re: [Rd] RFC: Kerning, postscript() an

Re: [Rd] RFC: Kerning, postscript() and pdf()

2008-10-16 Thread Greg Snow
gt; project.org] On Behalf Of Prof Brian Ripley > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:03 AM > To: R-devel@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [Rd] RFC: Kerning, postscript() and pdf() > > I've now implemented B and C in R-devel, with C as the default. > > On Sun, 12 Oct 2008, Pr

Re: [Rd] RFC: Kerning, postscript() and pdf()

2008-10-16 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
I've now implemented B and C in R-devel, with C as the default. On Sun, 12 Oct 2008, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: Ei-ji Nakama has pointed out (from another Japanese user, I believe) that postscript() and pdf() have not been handling kerning correctly, and this is a request for opinions about how

Re: [Rd] RFC: Kerning, postscript() and pdf()

2008-10-13 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Thanks for the feedback. Two comments - we have experimental code for all the options, so the work in implementing them does not differ greatly. The long-term maintenance costs of having different options is a real consideration, though. R-devel currently has the options of B (default) and C,

Re: [Rd] RFC: Kerning, postscript() and pdf()

2008-10-12 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 12/10/2008 11:36 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: Ei-ji Nakama has pointed out (from another Japanese user, I believe) that postscript() and pdf() have not been handling kerning correctly, and this is a request for opinions about how we should correct it. Kerning is the adjustment of the spacin

[Rd] RFC: Kerning, postscript() and pdf()

2008-10-12 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Ei-ji Nakama has pointed out (from another Japanese user, I believe) that postscript() and pdf() have not been handling kerning correctly, and this is a request for opinions about how we should correct it. Kerning is the adjustment of the spacing between letters from their natural width, so th