[PD-dev] small font/display change

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

> 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. 

It's a big change, if you look at "5.reference/0.INTRO.txt" instead,
because all alignment is wrecked there. 

Anyway Times is not really good as a screen font because of its
Serifs. It's better to use a Sans Serif font on screen (just take a
look at any webpage: Nobody is using Serif fonts there except for the
"Print Page" preview.)

If there should be a proportional font in Pd, it should be a kind of
Sans Serif font like Helvetica or Arial. (Or better yet one of the 
nice looking Bitstream fonts.)

Ciao
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