POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Width of character : Re: Width of character Server Time
5 Sep 2024 12:16:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Width of character  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 21 Nov 2000 23:58:35
Message: <slrn91mkjv.e3o.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000 21:16:03 -0700, Dawn McKnight wrote:
>I'm trying to get a text string centered, and I remembered this thread. 
>Chris, can I use min_extent() and max_extent() on a string, or is it
>only applicable to single characters?  

It will work with almost any finite primitive, which includes a multicharacter
text object.  It fails on some CSGs, though; most notably on intersections and
differences.

>For that matter, if the function is not part of POV natively, where can
>I find the function?

It's part of MegaPOV and other patches like it.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.


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