On May 31, 2007, at 12:01 pm, joe at strout dot net wrote:
> On May 31, 2007, at 15:39 UTC, GregO wrote:
>
>> I'm having a problem where drawing a string with a Y offset less than
>> -32767 moves it to +32767. I'm assuming this means that the framework
>> is using an Int16.
>
> Yes, that's the normal QuickDraw coordinate system (I'm guessing
> you're
> using a Mac). Even if they're drawing strings with CoreGraphics these
> days, there may be legacy code that still relies on QD coordinates.
>
> Let's see, at 72 dpi, 32767 pixels is about 40 feet... you must
> have on
> humongous monitor! :)
>
Actually, a really long text file. Grrrr..... Well, back to the
drawing board.
Thanks Joe.
GregO
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