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Re: Greetings!

From: Dean Jackson <dino@w3.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:46:34 +1000
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To: David White <davidw@kencook.com> 

Hi David,

On 15/06/2006, at 12:08 AM, David White wrote:

> I have a question regarding SVG and <text> element.  Is it possible  
> to allow for an image to be scalable and have a fixed font?  I'm  
> trying to use SVG for print in manuals where the dimensions of the  
> manuals change (US/Y5/A4 etc).  I have text in my SVGs but I do not  
> want them to scale with the rest of the image.

No, sorry, this is not possible.

The only way I can think of to get this behaviour is by using  
ECMAscript (on document load work out the dimensions of the image and  
adjust the font size).

Dean
Received on Monday, 19 June 2006 11:46:41 GMT

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