[PD] pd-0.40.3 anti-aliased (screenshot)

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Tue Sep 25 20:44:41 CEST 2007


If you set tk scaling to a fixed value, and use a font that is known  
to be installed (i.e. included with Pd), then the font sizes quite  
reliable in terms of pixel sizes, at least in my tests.

.hc


On Sep 24, 2007, at 7:49 PM, Miller Puckette wrote:

> The problem I'm having is that there seems to be no reliable way to  
> get
> a text font of a desired size using the Tk font primitives.  In  
> practice
> you can get a fixed-width font with a particular pixel width, but then
> the heights vary widely.  If I simply fixed the height myself from Pd,
> it would be much easier to get fonts to fit patches.
>
>
> cheers
> M
>
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 12:55:07PM -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>>
>> Miller wrote:
>>
>>> This is why I'm thinking about what I call the nuclear option:
>>> separating all text into separate lines
>>
>> It's like the Qu?b?cois nucular family blowing up. It's proof that  
>> QC has
>> WMD. Jean Cr?tin once said: ?Pourquoi acheter des carabines ? r?p? 
>> tition
>> et de l'armement nucl?aire pour s'amuser? C'est dangereux! Et  
>> quand c'est
>> dans la maison, bien il peut y avoir un enfant qui se sert de ? 
>> a, ...?
>> (http://www.mef.qc.ca/audio/10vag.wav). Nowadays in QC, couples  
>> prevent
>> divorce by simply not getting married
>> (http://www.ledevoir.com/2007/09/13/156634.html).
>>
>>> and controlling the vertical spacing from within Pd.  I don't  
>>> wanna do
>>> it, but it might be the only way out.
>>
>> Out of what?... first define what you are trapped into. You are  
>> not bound
>> to Courier fonts any more than you are strapped to a typewriter.
>>
>>  _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ...
>> | Mathieu Bouchard - t?l:+1.514.383.3801, Montr?al QC Canada
>
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