"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> I haven't had the time yet to dig into your extensive set of complicated macros
> :O  You have accomplished a great deal in this Herculean task!
>
> Do you think you could use trace() to find the exact points that you need?
>
> Perhaps "scan" down the side of a letter with a loop and overwrite a vector
> variable with a new value any time the trace() dimension is smaller / larger
> than the last value stored.
>
> Then you could sort of roll your own bounding box(es).
>
> Maybe couple subdividing the letters with this strategy to get bounding boxes of
> specific sections of the letters.

That sounds promising... I've never used the trace () feature before so when I
get some free time I'll give it a try. From what you're describing that would
provide the functionality I'm looking for (and could help Jim T. out). Thanks
for the suggestion!

Regards,
Dave Blandston

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