[PD-dev] small font/display change

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Did you look at a text file in Pd with this patch?  I guess I should
have been more clear about where it applies. The Times font only
applies to viewing text files in Pd, not to anything else.  You cannot
change the font size of a text file in Pd.  So I spec'ed Times 14 over
Courier 12.  The font is definitely big enough, and can easily be made
bigger if need be.  I think that Times works well there because it
clearly distinguishes the text files from the patches.  Try opening up
2.control.examples/00.INTRO.txt for example.  Its a minor change.

Good point on the tk-style font specs, everything should be done that
way.  I'll try that now...

.hc

On Jun 9, 2005, at 4:09 PM, B. Bogart wrote:

> Times!? please no!
>
> Keep courier or use a sans-serif like helvetica.

> I think switching to tk font specs {helvetica -12 bold| would be better
> than sticking with the funny X11 font spec.
>
> My 2cents.
>
> Times is just too fine for small text. sans-serif is the way to go.
>
> b>
>
> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>> I would like to propose a minor font change to make text more
>> readable.
>>  First, in the console, make the text regular rather than bold.
>> Usually
>> regular fonts are used in terminal windows and bold is only for
>> highlights.
>>
>> -text .printout.text -relief raised -bd 2 -font
>> -*-courier-bold--normal--12-* \
>> +text .printout.text -relief raised -bd 2 -font
>> -*-courier-regular--normal--12-* \
>>
>> Secondly, courier is not a font meant for reading text, but rather
>> terminals and things like that.  So I propose changing the default
>> font
>> in text windows (not used very often) to Times Regular 14 point.
>>
>> -    text $name.text -relief raised -bd 2 -font
>> -*-courier-bold--normal--12-* \
>> +    text $name.text -relief raised -bd 2 -font
>> -*-times-regular--normal--14-* \
>>
>> Attached is a diff patch file.  This should work on all platforms
>> since
>> those fonts are already used within Pd.  Lastly is a Mac OS X only
>> change:  setting minimun line size for anti-aliasing.  If set to 1 or
>> 0,
>> then every line will be anti-aliased.  While this makes connections
>> and
>> circles in [bng] and such look really good, it makes boxes and
>> messages
>> look out of focus.  Setting this to 2 makes it so only the thick audio
>> rate connections are anti-aliased
>>
>> +     set tk::mac::CGAntialiasLimit 2
>>
>> .hc
>>
>>
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