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Re: [SPAM: 3.000] Re: [pygame] Monospaced fonts are meant to be mono-spaced, right?

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From: Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:29:58 +1200
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Weeble wrote:

To get the very best positioning of a text cursor, I think you want to
calculate the width of the string on its left, then *subtract* the
overhang of the character immediately to the left, if any.


For the *very* best results with italic fonts,
you really need a slanted cursor. :-(

--
Greg

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