> System: WindowsNT 4.0 (Build 1381: Sevice Pack 5)
>
> Java Version : Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.2-001, native threads,
> symcjit)
>
>
> AND
>
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard
> Edition (build 1.3.0-R)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-R,
> mixed mode)
>
>
>
> Location: in java.awt.Font (or underllying classes)
>
> Example: An example is attached to this mail
>
>
> Description:
>
> Java java.awt.Font class owns two methods
>
> public Font deriveFont(int style, float size)
>
> public Font deriveFont(float size)
>
> which should be able to create a Font object (from an existing Font
> object) with the specified font size (float value).
> The attached example shows that this doesn't work. Instead the method
> returns a Font object with an int adjusted size:
>
> 1. Start the example and increase fonts point size from 11 points by 0.1
> point steps with the JComboBox in the middle of control pane (between
> font-style combobox and the zoom combo box). The size of the drawn string
> persists until the point size changes from 11.4 to 11.5 and than skips to
> 12 point size.
>
> Is there any possibility to derive fonts with a size other than int
> values?
>
> 2. The described problem occurs when you perform an AffineTransform of the
> underlying Graphic2D-Object too:
> In the same example set the point size to 11.0. Than change the zoom size
> of the AffineTransform with the combobox on the right hand of the point
> size box from 1.0 by 0.01 steps. You will see that the size of the String
> persists until the zoom is changes from 1.04 to 1.05 an then skips to the
> next bigger size, while the drawn lines change their size an position
> according to the values in the combobox.
>
> 3. The same problem occurs when printing graphics and text to printers
> with different resolutions. Because Java2D uses AffineTransform to
> accomplish drawing on devices with different resolution the results are
> different for every resolution. (no example)