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

[Alexandre Torres Porres]

well, I didnt send the attachment, there you go

2017-02-12 2:55 GMT-02:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:

> and here's good old pd extended 0.42-5 in my mac loading courier without
> anything looking funny... see? not a fonts issue
>
> extended does load courier and it looks quite similar to vanilla in
> windows with courier...
>
> 2017-02-12 2:51 GMT-02:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:
>
>> weirdly enough, courier in mac os looks exactly like dejavu sans on
>> windows... see attachment.
>>
>> I dont think this is a fonts issue, seems like a pd vanilla issue, cause,
>> like I've shown, extended in windows with dejavu sans looks "better",
>> actually looks just like Monaco in Mac OS, and also the same as Purr Data.
>> More importantly, it looks much bettern than in vanilla in windows with the
>> same font...
>>
>> And now vanilla on a mac with courier looks all crazy and different than
>> in windows... I just suspect vanilla is not handling stuff well, but I'm
>> too ignorant on the subject to discuss it or take a real guess. I'm just
>> trying to point the issue.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-02-12 1:59 GMT-02:00 Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> Yes you’re right.
>>>
>>> I just use coll-help from your git.
>>>
>>> My confusion comes cuz I’m used to ”Consolas” font, and this seems to
>>> behave better.
>>>
>>> Also switching back to Courier is better than dejavu.
>>>
>>> Both Consolas and Courier behave better than Dejavu.
>>>
>>> Can you switch to Courier on your Mac and send a screen-shot?
>>>
>>> It could be that Courier might be the best cross-platform font, as is
>>> historically one of the first monospace fonts (typewriter era).
>>>
>>>
>>> Mensaje telepatico asistido por maquinas.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* Sunday, February 12, 2017 2:31 AM
>>> *To:* Lucas Cordiviola
>>> *Cc:* pd-list at lists.iem.at
>>> *Subject:* Re: [PD] cross platforms issues with displaying fonts in
>>> vanilla but not in Purr Data
>>>
>>> ok, dont know how I managed to screw up that badly, but now the
>>> -font-weight normal" flag works! It doesn't look "bold" anymore, but it
>>> still takes a lot of space outside the patch area... whereas in Extended
>>> that doesn't happen (intriguing).
>>>
>>> and it's funny how vanilla is using "bold" by default
>>>
>>> [image: Imagem inline 1]
>>>
>>> 2017-02-12 0:25 GMT-02:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> funny how I see no difference with -font-weight normal or bold in
>>>> vanilla, just looks the same (and bad)
>>>>
>>>> 2017-02-12 0:22 GMT-02:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2017-02-12 0:11 GMT-02:00 Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure, I’m also happy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I`m not on my computer atm, but if iirc the coll-help you did looks
>>>>>> better on my pc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> cool, i've been working on it since we put cyclone 0.3 pre-alpha 4 or
>>>>> something, but it's still the same font size and averything
>>>>>
>>>>> #N canvas 553 23 558 592 10;
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> check if its the same file both on Windows & Mac.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> it's the same file, from git, can't go wrong, same one, same size
>>>>>
>>>>> So, what really intrigues me is why it looks "ok" in extended, but
>>>>> "weird" in vanilla, if it is the same font and all... guess we need to
>>>>> understand that
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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