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The positions of the texts

The main rule of drawing is that there is a main line of drawing and every element of the line is calculated relatively of the line. On this main line is diplayed the normal text. For every exposant, the line of drawing is at the half of the text size upon the main line of drawing. For the suffix, it is the same but under the main line of drawing.

Figure: The position of the graphic elements
Image draw

Note that even if the size of font changes between the normal text and the exposant one (or the suffix one), the reference size to calculate the exposant line of drawing is the size of the last normal text. For exemple, the exposant line is at the half size of "text" in the middle font for !"#2text#E#1exp#E"!, !"#2text#1#Eexp#E"! or !"#2text#3#Dsuf#D#1#Eexp#E"!.



2006-02-19