Automattic/node-canvas

ideographic and hanging textBaseline support

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#36 opened on Nov 2, 2010

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Description

yup, gotta finish this some time, test with some idiographic fonts

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Research direction
Investigate how current textBaseline values are implemented in node canvas, then study Cairo's cairo text extents and related functions to add support for 'ideographic' and 'hanging' baselines. Test with ideographic fonts to ensure correct rendering.
Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
backend
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Feature
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Unclear
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GitJavaScriptNode.js
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35