[PD] Pd-extended 0.42.5 (stable + nightly) tiny fonts?

[Bernardo Barros]

For me it can change a lot it I use the nvidia proprietary or the
nouveau driver, or Gnome/KDE. With KDE it is always not good. It looks
better with nouveau+gnome for me....

2010/12/8 B. Bogart <ben at ekran.org>:
> Thanks Hans,
>
> I installed those fonts, removed tcl8.4 (leaving 8.5) and reinstalled
> pd-extended.
>
> No change in font size.
>
> I also tried starting pd-extended with the -font-face flags, and still
> no change.
>
> I also switched from the binary on puredata to the pd-extended package
> in the ubuntu repo, which is version 0.42.5-3.
>
> I also confirmed in xfce and in the nvidia settings that my screen dpi
> is 96, and a 96 pixel wide square is indeed 1in on screen.
>
> What else can I try?
>
> An interesting note, If I open the 'about PD' patch, and change the font
> size, 10 and 12 point choices change only the height of the font, the
> width stays constant between them. Both x and y change for the other
> font size choices. I can make a screenshot if that helps.
>
> I have to say its great to have pd-extended in the repos! and 64 bit!
> Much has changed. :)
>
> Thanks,
> B.
>
> On 10-12-07 03:34 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>> Start here for debugging it:
>> http://puredata.info/docs/faq/on-gnu-linux-the-fonts-are-strange-and-or-too-big-or-small
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 15:22 -0800, B. Bogart wrote:
>>> Hi Hans and all,
>>>
>>> After reading too many books and not doing much PD, I'm back.
>>>
>>> I'm now running on an ubuntu64 lucid installation, and using the
>>> corresponding pd-extended package. I also tried yesterdays nightly build.
>>>
>>> Both versions show object and console text in a super small font. It
>>> looks like 8 or 9 point. I thought it may be the dpi setting (since
>>> nvidia cards seems to mess with that a bit) but changing the dpi setting
>>> in xfce font settings appears to make no difference.
>>>
>>> Also the object boxes are bigger than needed for the text size. I've
>>> attached a screenshot.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> B. Bogart
>>>
>>> On 10-06-14 06:25 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 6:56 AM, João Pais wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> from testing 5m with windows (in a hurry):
>>>>>
>>>>> - path and other menus are now in normal size again.
>>>>> - properties menu for the guis/gop is still with small font size
>>>>
>>>> Should be fixed.
>>>>
>>>>> - if you have a canvas with dynamic label inside a GOP, the label will
>>>>> appear in a differente place in the main patch (I have a patch that
>>>>> does this, but can't put it in now, it's too complicated)
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like this is worth a bug report with an example patch, I don't
>>>> really understand it from this description.
>>>>
>>>> .hc
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> João
>>>>>
>>>>>> Of course we missed somethings, so now we have 0.42.5-rc2!  Fixed
>>>>>> since 0.42.5-rc1:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  * 64-bit builds on Ubuntu
>>>>>>  * 64-bit build on Mac OS X 10.6/Snow Leopard, minus Gem, hid, and
>>>>>> pidip (Carbon)
>>>>>>  * fixed [plugin~] crashes, now also builds on Mac OS X and Windows
>>>>>>  * Pd-extended shows in the GNOME menus again
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are of course many bug fixes and additions since 0.41.4, here
>>>>>> are some highlights:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  * fixing Graph-On-Parent GUI bugs
>>>>>>  * complete 64-bit support for GNU/Linux
>>>>>>  * full support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (32-bit)
>>>>>>  * a brand new Help Browser that shows all installed libraries
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For more details, check the notes on the release wiki page:
>>>>>> http://puredata.info/dev/NextRelease
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Downloading
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>>>>>> You can download builds for Debian, Mac OS X, Ubuntu, and Windows:
>>>>>> http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can get the source and build it yourself here:
>>>>>> http://puredata.info/docs/developer/GettingPdSource
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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