[PD] cross platforms issues with displaying fonts in vanilla but not in Purr Data

[Alexandre Torres Porres]

it's gotta be some trick I dont know on how to load a font that has more
than one word in its name...

2017-02-11 1:25 GMT-02:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:

> and this is to show that I'm being able to load some weird fonts in it :)
>
> [image: Imagem inline 1]
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> 2017-02-11 1:16 GMT-02:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:
>
>> ok, made some progress, I did screw up in the flag, but now I'm using it
>> right, I just can't seem to get "DejaVu Sans Mono" called, it's loading
>> courier instead [image: Imagem inline 1]
>>
>> 2017-02-11 1:07 GMT-02:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> so, installed "deja vu sans mono" in my mac... tried using the flag -font-face
>>> <name>
>>>
>>> nothing happened, just got an error that proved I may not have used the
>>> flag right, what should I do?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> 2017-02-10 20:42 GMT-02:00 Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Hi Alex,
>>>>
>>>> *>I just hoped we could make vanilla laod the same fonts in all
>>>> platforms and that patches would all look the same as in Purr Data, what's
>>>> preventing it from happening?*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To put it fast and dirty but not incorrect:
>>>>
>>>> Purr Data uses web-browser technology to do the GUI. Basically a Chrome
>>>> browser. That’s why you see that fonts are rendered the same across Oss.
>>>>
>>>> Check NW.js:
>>>> https://nwjs.io/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On the other hand, it sounds that you are saying that if a vanilla
>>>> patch does not look as how you see it in your Mac is “bad”.
>>>>
>>>> Vanilla is not shipping “deja vu sans mono”,
>>>> Can you give screen-shots with this font installed on your Mac?
>>>> May be your patches render the same as Linux & Windows.
>>>>
>>>> And remember the startup flags:
>>>>
>>>> -font-size <n>     -- specify default font size in points
>>>> -font-face <name>  -- specify default font
>>>> -font-weight <name>-- specify default font weight (normal or bold)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mensaje telepatico asistido por maquinas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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