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'w' doesn't make sense
Looking at a specific text object, the width makes no sense at all, the width returned for the text:
LINE%20START
is 55.044, why and how, the font size is 10pt and the page width is only 37.188, so what and how is 'w' calculated?
I also would like to understand the relationship between x and y position values and the width units for text. This would be particularly useful in determining when to merge text. For example, x + w should give me the x for the adjacent text.
I ended up using text.w/2 instead of just text.w to have consistent text width compared to other fills and lines coordinates. so far it's working.
Has anyone worked this out yet? I too would like the 'width' of the text component in a sane format so I can build a bounding box around the text object.
I managed to figure this out using some pdfs I created with characters printed randomly on the page.
'w' appears to be in points. x, y, page width and page height are all in Page Units, but w for some reasons, was built up in points.
It also randomly appeared to me that converting Page Units to points, was simply multiplying Page Units by 16.
I tested on a few random PDFs, and it ended up being accurate.
I managed to figure this out using some pdfs I created with characters printed randomly on the page.
'w' appears to be in points. x, y, page width and page height are all in Page Units, but w for some reasons, was built up in points.
It also randomly appeared to me that converting Page Units to points, was simply multiplying Page Units by 16.
I tested on a few random PDFs, and it ended up being accurate.
This appears to be correct. It worked for me too.
