[PD] font size survey - please try it on your machine!

[Josh Steiner]

ok, here is my screenshot based on your revised patch  -josh


Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
> On Apr 17, 2007, at 3:11 AM, Frank Barknecht wrote:
>
>> Hallo,
>> Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>>> Just to know what we are up against with the font size problem, I
>>> have started a patch to document all the key parts.  Please try it on
>>> your machine to see if my measurements are correct.  Also, please
>>> fill in any that you are running.
>>
>> Could you elaborate a bit how this patch is supposed to be used?  In
>> which regard should the fonts in the upper half line up: vertically,
>> height, horizontal lenght? Or just "in general"?
>
> If the sizing was all working nicely, the fonts would line up exactly 
> on the top section when both are set to 10 point since they are the 
> same font.  That is what we are trying to achieve.  But that doesn't 
> happen very much.
>
> So here are the three tests, from the top to bottom:
>
> - top: adjust the font size in the canvas until it matches the message 
> box. Move the message box over the canvas font so it lines up it 
> exactly.  Mark down the font size in the canvas.  If you can't get an 
> exact match, write (closest)
>
> - middle: copy and paste one of the canvases with the dimensions in it 
> (e.g. 69x16).  Take this canvas and make it fit exactly over the 
> [courier10( message box. then put it in the right place in the grid.
>
> - bottom: copy and paste one of the canvases with the dimensions in it 
> (e.g. 53x6).  Take this canvas and make it fit exactly over the 
> comment "courier1)". then put it in the correct place in the grid.
>
> Here's an updated version:
>
> .hc
>
>>
>> Ciao
>> --  Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
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