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

[Alexandre Torres Porres]

I also opened an issue in Purr Data about this
https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data/issues/258


2017-02-14 17:21 GMT-02:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:

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> 2017-02-11 21:40 GMT-02:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:
>
>> well... not sure if something important was clear enough, let me say
>> again, in windows, Pd Extended came and loaded DejaVu Sans Mono!
>>
>
> well, I'm referring to this message when I tried to point out for the
> second time about this issue with print screens - I got an answer as if I
> was stating the obvious and making several pointless remarks, but then I
> also had tried a third time to make this clear and then a fourth attempt on
> a different thread... this has been a fifth time, and, well, this is my *Last
> Ditch Effort* in raising this issue...
>
>
>> In Extended, the font still looks ok and nice, it doesn't corrupt the
>> visuals in the patch, it's only in vanilla that things get screwed up
>>
>
> see?
>
>
>> here, let me show you 2 print screens, a patch in Extended that looks a
>> lot like the Mac Os version with Monaco, that looks also reasonably the
>> same as Purr Data in every platform, and how vanilla in windows with dejavu
>> sans got screwy... in the same way as in linux...
>>
>
> ok? clear now? I'm sending those print screens again, and I'm including a
> third print from Purr Data and a fourth with vanilla on Mac Os with Monaco,
> hope it is clear now...
>
> so, again, this is:
> - vanilla with DejaVu in windows;
> - Extended with DejaVu in windows;
> - Purr Data with DejaVu in Mac Os
> - Vanilla with Monaco in Mac Os
>
> What are we seeing here?
>
> 1) Purr Data in Mac Os with DejaVu lloks like Vanilla with Monaco in MacOs!
> 2) Purr Data with DejaVu in Mac Os looks like Extended with DejaVu in
> Windows
> 3) Vanilla in Windows with DejaVu looks like something else...
>
> My point, once again, is that there's a consistency between Pd-Extended
> and Purr Data, but things get complicated when Pd Vanilla comes in... *things
> do not look the same in vanilla and the others* *even with the same
> fonts!*
>
> cheers
>
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