Re: [xsl] Inline Formating: Line Height & Align

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2004-02-16 13:12 +0100, Knut Meinke wrote:
> I have a Problem with the line height.

I'm thinking you instead have a problem with font metrics.

> I want to render a Price Field
> with some Add-On Informations,
> but I don't found _a way to align the Price (9.999,-) on the top of the
> green box_. So the lower part overlaps
> the Ad-On Box.
>
> There are some attributes that seems to do what i want (alignment-adjust
> & alignment-baseline & baseline-shift & dominant-baseline) but i don't
> understand the standard and i don't find a way by my onwn :|
>
> ==> Here is the sample: http://tpmt.mytp.de/Uploads/test.pdf
>
> ==> code snipp <==

I copied your snippet locally, simplified it (I don't think you need the 
block containers, unless the height of the area is important to you) and 
continually had problems until I changed the font.  The moment I changed 
the font to something available on my machine, everything fell into place.

My code is below.

> Do you have some tipps or can explain this attributes?

Could you please try using a font like "Arial" just to see if another font 
does what you wish?  I think there is a disconnect between the font 
description, the software knowledge of the metrics and the rendering of the 
font.

> sorry for my ugly english!

I'm envious because it is better than my non-existent German!

I hope this helps.

..................... Ken

p.s. please pass around XML circles in your area that I'll be teaching (in 
English!) XSLT and XSL-FO in Bremen Germany in May.

<!--Product Price -->
        <fo:block-container  space-after = "2mm"
                height="20mm" background-color="green"
                font-family="Helvetica Neue LT Std Cn"
font-weight="bold" font-size="77pt">

                <fo:block line-height="1">9.999,-</fo:block>
        </fo:block-container>

<!--Price AddOn-->
        <fo:block-container  space-after = "2.5mm"
                height="11mm"
                font-family="Helvetica Neue LT Std" font-size="6pt">

                <fo:block>Price Price Price Price Price Price Price
Price Price Price Price Price Price Price AddOn</fo:block>
                <fo:block>Price Price Price Price Price Price Price
Price Price Price Price Price Price Price AddOn</fo:block>
        </fo:block-container>


<!--Product Price -->
        <fo:block
                background-color="green" line-height="1" space-after="2mm"
                font-family="Arial"
                font-weight="bold" font-size="77pt">
          9.999,-
        </fo:block>

<!--Price AddOn-->
        <fo:block space-after = "2.5mm"
                font-family="Arial" font-size="6pt">
                <fo:block>Price Price Price Price Price Price Price
Price Price Price Price Price Price Price AddOn</fo:block>
                <fo:block>Price Price Price Price Price Price Price
Price Price Price Price Price Price Price AddOn</fo:block>
        </fo:block>


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