[PD] cross platforms issues with displaying fonts in vanilla but not in Purr Data

[Alexandre Torres Porres]

so, installed "deja vu sans mono" in my mac... tried using the flag -font-face
<name>

nothing happened, just got an error that proved I may not have used the
flag right, what should I do?




2017-02-10 20:42 GMT-02:00 Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>:

> Hi Alex,
>
> *>I just hoped we could make vanilla laod the same fonts in all platforms
> and that patches would all look the same as in Purr Data, what's preventing
> it from happening?*
>
>
> To put it fast and dirty but not incorrect:
>
> Purr Data uses web-browser technology to do the GUI. Basically a Chrome
> browser. That’s why you see that fonts are rendered the same across Oss.
>
> Check NW.js:
> https://nwjs.io/
>
>
> On the other hand, it sounds that you are saying that if a vanilla patch
> does not look as how you see it in your Mac is “bad”.
>
> Vanilla is not shipping “deja vu sans mono”,
> Can you give screen-shots with this font installed on your Mac?
> May be your patches render the same as Linux & Windows.
>
> And remember the startup flags:
>
> -font-size <n>     -- specify default font size in points
> -font-face <name>  -- specify default font
> -font-weight <name>-- specify default font weight (normal or bold)
>
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> Mensaje telepatico asistido por maquinas.
>
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