Fixed width fonts

How do I tell if a given Font object is a fixed width font?
I've tried the closest I could find:
Font f; ...
FontMetrics m = getFontMetrics(f);
if (m.hasUniformLineMetrics()) {
but that apparently wasn't even close. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Nathan Kronenfeld

This is how i done it once,
    Font f; ...
    FontMetrics m = getFontMetrics(f);
    int cW = m.charWidth('W');
    int cI = m.charWidth('.');
    if (cW == cI)
    }

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<pre class="jive-pre">
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<pre class="jive-pre">
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<pre class="jive-pre">
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<pre class="jive-pre">
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--=====
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2010/08/19
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qszaed dc fghj mlkjhgf nbvcxw
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--=====
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--=====
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--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 20 août 2010 12:44:33

Fixed width of SCN content

After last redesign of SCN all the content is cca 990 pixels wide. This was a fashionable approach of web in 90's. For web sites like forums and blogs I would expect flexible width - people working on large displays like 1920px wide can use full screen and people working with blog as right-hand help column can use it too. Some problems like text behind right edge would dissapear by flex width, I think.
Why fixed layout (I accept the fact it is more comfortable for dev and testing)?
Regards,
Pavol

Pavol;
I am referring today with combining quotes from an article that already was written around fixed width:
http://webdev.entheosweb.com/2008/07/16/fixed-width-vs-liquid-layouts/
Earlier today I tried to respond quickly, and did not refer to the article appropriately nor entirely. Most of the response below was a mix of that article; and comments from me in appropriate places with additional decisions we made as an SCN team.
As you correctly state there are two types of layout that you can choose from : http://webdev.entheosweb.com/2008/07/16/fixed-width-vs-liquid-layouts/
This article also discusses the fact that one is the fixed width layout and the other is the liquid/variable layout. The fixed width layout sets the width of the web page at a specific value, no matter how wide the vieweru2019s internet browser window is, whereas liquid & variable width layouts adjust their width depending on the width of the visitoru2019s browser window. The choice between these two layouts is not always an easy one. In our SCN case we chose for the fixed.
As they quote in the article : http://webdev.entheosweb.com/2008/07/16/fixed-width-vs-liquid-layouts/
For those who do not know much about this : Fixed width layouts mean that you have a predetermined width which you will design the rest of your web page around. The main advantage of this approach is that it gives you greater direction and control over the eventual organization of your web pages.
Which layout you eventually choose will greatly affect the final look and feel of your web site, not to mention the functionality of the site. The ease with which visitoru2019s can scan through your site for relevant information and identify the content that they wish to find is almost always largely dependant on your choice of layouts. We have a lot of content on our website in many places, and unfortunately for you and also from a maintenance perspective we wanted to opt in this release for fixed width.
I picked the the pros and cons of the fixed width from the article as they are widely known to most website designers.
*Fixed Width Layout*
Pros
Pages that you design look exactly the same when viewed using any internet browser or operating system.
Images and other non-textual objects will not overwhelm the textual content of the page, regardless of the size of the browser window or viewing monitor.
The scan length of your pages stays constant no matter how wide the vieweru2019s browser window is.
Cons
Viewers using smaller browser windows or monitors to view the site will probably have to scroll horizontally to see the entirety of the page. This tends to annoy online som eof our visitors. However we know most of our users use IE or Mozilla and have larger screens ( more than 30% has 1024x) from Surveys we do.
A large amount of whitespace is usually generated when viewers use large browser windows to view the site, resulting in wastage of otherwise useful space. Also, more vertical scrolling may be required than should be necessary.
Font size changes can adversely affect the overall layout of the page. Large increases in font size can cause the layout of your page to become distorted, making it messy and unappealing.
In short: We used to have both approaches, but in the new SCN design we choose to have the fixed width approach for now. We weighed both pros and cons
Scott Lawley of our SCN team compiled it for us and referred in an internal presentation around the pros for SCN for fixed width. here is a quick summary ( thanks Scott, have a nice vacation )
Our SAP Corporate styleguide calls for a fixed width layout (see e.g. sap.com)
We already implemented EcoHub with a fixed width layout. All our communities should try to have as much a unified presentation where possible
All of CSO's screen designs are made for a 1024 resolution. They do not work that well with higher resolutions (in our older SDN approach, viewed at higher resolutions it looked sometimes very lackluster, the lines of text became so long that readability is decreased)
On high resolutions the old SDN site became harder to navigate because you had a lot of screen real estate to cover if you wanted to move the mouse from right to left
Using a fluid layout for us meant that we have to continue using table-based layouts which did not entirely fit with the image of the modern web 2.0 platform we wanted to convey.
Most news blogs and major news sites (like e.g. nytimes.com) use a fixed width layout. According to this survey http://tinyurl.com/65yjcv
Flash content does not easily scale. New page layout may need to be considered to better support flash in th enear future for us.
92% of the top 50 news blogs use a fixed layout.
And last but not least there were also some more philosophical and functional differences that we weighed of from each other : news vs. community vs. product
What we will do in the next few releases is allow the collapsable left hand navigation that then will help the vertical scrolling challenge you might infrequently have,
Hopefully this answers your question
Edited by: Marco ten Vaanholt on Dec 17, 2008 7:59 AM
Edited by: Marco ten Vaanholt on Dec 17, 2008 8:02 AM

[svn:osmf:] 13142: Fixing embedded font issues.

Revision: 13142
Revision: 13142
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-12-22 08:16:15 -0800 (Tue, 22 Dec 2009)
Log Message:
Fixing embedded font issues.
Modified Paths:
    osmf/trunk/apps/samples/framework/WebPlayer/html-template/index.template.html
    osmf/trunk/apps/samples/framework/WebPlayer/src/WebPlayer.as
    osmf/trunk/libs/ChromeLibrary/src/org/osmf/chrome/controlbar/widgets/ScrubBar.as
    osmf/trunk/libs/ChromeLibrary/src/org/osmf/chrome/controlbar/widgets/URLInput.as
    osmf/trunk/libs/ChromeLibrary/src/org/osmf/chrome/fonts/Fonts.as

I am not sure how to fix the problem using the FGL framework, but here is a way to get the right result
In the CSS file under the @media only screen and (min-width: 769px) section, modify the following style rules
#menu {
    clear: both;
    float: left;
    margin-left: 0;
    width: 20%;
    display: block;
    vertical-align:top;
#content {
    clear: none;
    float: right;
    margin-right: 0%;
    width: 80%;
    display: block;
Having said that, you will do well to scrap FGL and have a look at Bootstrap

How can I convert my web page from a fixed width layout to a fluid grid layout?

I'm taking a web design class (I'm using Dreamweaver CS6, btw) wherein the professor started us out building our websites in a fixed width layout but now I want to change my site into a fluid grid layout. My "site" so far is just one long page, and I've already designed it with fluid grid adjustments in mind (most things are centered in the layout) so it shouldn't need excessive tweaking.
Is there a way to duplicate the site folder that holds my first page, re-open a new document in fluid, then copy the code in and tweak the width parameters for the different layouts?
Did I just answer my own question? Help - I am new at this!!
Thanks all,
KC

Herbert2001 wrote:
A bit off-topic, but Osgood: have you ever used SASS or LESS? When you are building your own grid systems it can save you a tremendous amount of time, and it's a lot of fun.
Take the following simple example - it generates all the 23 css classes automatically for a 12 grid system. And simply changing one variable allows you to create and calculate any number of columns!
//variables
$desktop: 1025px;
$large-columns: 12;
@media only screen and (min-width: $desktop) {
     //regular grid span classes
    @for $i from 1 through $large-columns {
        .span-large-#{$i} {
            width: percentage($i/$large-columns);
     // push classes
    @for $i from 1 through (($large-columns)-1) {
        .push-large-#{$i} {
            margin-left: percentage($i/$large-columns);
No, not explored it yet, and may never....I don't know. I don't really make much money out of web design. It's becoming more and more difficult to find the desire to learn new techniques when the opportunities aren't really there to put them into practice on as regular basis as I would like. I've got a very good handle on css, php, html, jQuery - I'm not sure I want to add another layer at the moment, given I'm never quite sure how long I will continue to 'bang my head against the wall' . I'm getting to the stage where I keep asking myself do I really need the problems associated with learning new stuff to the point of being comfortable with it if the financial rewards at the end don't equate to the efforts of learning it.
I don't really enjoy web development if truth is known. I come from a Graphic Design background which I much prefer but somehow got side tracked and pushed in this direction and there's no way back now, lol. Whilst I concede Web Development is much more exciting its also 100 times more complex/difficult and the skills needed are considerably more.
Your example looks interesting and I should think I could pick it up reasonably easily given I work with php which uses variables on a similar basis.

FDM Fixed-Width Import Format & Multiple Accounts/Periods Issue

Hi FDM experts,
I have an issue that I wanted to reach out to you on regarding fixed-width import formats and how to cater for my current scenario for export to Hyperion Planning.
I am working with a flat file (.txt) I need to import to FDM with the current format;
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Z
Year
Channel
Product
Jan-MTD-Account 1
Jan-MTD-Account 2
Jan-YTD-Account1
Jan-YTD-Account2
Dec-YTD-Account2
2013
Channel_1
Product_1
1000
2000
1000
2000
10000
These are all fixed in width so the field lengths will need to be defined in the import format. The requirement for loading to the system is only a speciifc Month YTD value for both Account1 and Account 2.
If my chosen Month is 2013 Jan, I will only require columns F and G to be loaded. These are the issues I have identified;
Can a fixed width import format cater for loading to multiple accounts in the same file? Or would I need a separate import format per account?
Can a fixed width import format cater for loading to a variable Actual Month period? Or do I need 12 import formats/locations per month?
Your help is much appreciated!
Many thanks
Aaron

Hi Aaron,
the solution you are looking for needs pivoting your source file.
Think that FDM, by default, only accepts files with one single column for amount. You have to pivot your file based on your logic and import the pivoted file.
For example:
Year     Channel     Product     ... Jan-YTD-Acc1     Jan-YTD-Acc2 ...
2013     CH1          PR1               1000                    2000
If your POV is Jan-2013, your data imported will look like:
Year     Channel     Produc     Account     Amount
2013     CH1          PR1          ACC1          1000
2013     CH1          PR1          ACC2          2000
All this process can be automated by playing with Import Scripts.
HTH

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