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Hans Hagen (pragma@wxs.nl) wrote:

: This has to do with the fact that glyps may stick out of their bounding
: boxes. 

Of course.

: If you use btex ... etex, you may want to add a \strut, otherwise: 
: 
: picture p ; p := nullpicture ; 
: addto p also "abc" infont "somefont" ; 
: setbounds p to boundingbox p enlarged 1pt ; 
: draw p ; 

That's nice. Thanks.

Regards,

Marc