[PD-dev] making the font size the same cross-platform

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Mathieu Bouchard hat gesagt: // Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> I found yesterday that the default Tcl/Tk font isn't {Helvetica 9 bold},
> it is instead {Helvetica -12 bold}, which looks exactly the same on my
> computer. The reason is this:
> 
> «
> 
> -size <size>
> 
> The desired size of the font.  If the size argument is a positive number,
> it is interpreted as a size in points.  If size is a negative number, its
> absolute value is interpreted as a size in pixels.  If a font cannot be
> displayed at the specified size, a nearby size will be chosen.  If size is
> unspecified or zero, a platform-dependent default size will be chosen.

This is IT, Mathieu. This fully conpatible with the situation in
HTML/CSS, where you shouldn't use points but, at least for designer
pages, you should use pixel units.

Pixels are the same everywhere, so maybe Pd should use pixel - or does
it already?

ciao
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