[PD] Pd 52.2 different font in console?

[Dan Wilcox]

The font detection & loading looks like it's working fine via our custom pdfontloader:

https://github.com/pure-data/pdfontloader <https://github.com/pure-data/pdfontloader>

The font on Windows and Linux has always been bold:

https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/blob/master/font/README.txt#L33 <https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/blob/master/font/README.txt#L33>

What may have changed is how Tk calls the Windows API to do the rendering. I would ask more of a Windows dev about this (Christof, Lucarda, etc).

How does it look if you add "-font-weight normal" to the startup flags and restart Pd? To confirm, the using font line should the change to:

using font: DejaVu Sans Mono normal

Another thing to try: "-font-face Courier" then see if the rendering is better with a native font for the system. If so, this could indicate some issue or change with how we load a local TTF font file.

> On Apr 9, 2022, at 12:01 PM, rolfm at dds.nl wrote:
> 
> @Dan
> 
> i gave you incomplete debug info, should be this:
> 
> pdfontloader loaded DejaVuSansMono.ttf
> pdfontloader loaded DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf
> pdfontloader loaded DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf
> pdfontloader loaded DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf
> 'pd-gui' connecting to 'pd' on localhost 5331 ...
> ------------------ done with main ----------------------
> Tk 8.6.10
> detected font: DejaVu Sans Mono
> using font: DejaVu Sans Mono bold
> 
> rolf
> 
> 
> 
> Dan Wilcox schreef op 08-04-2022 13:48:
> 
>> Turn log level to 4. What is the font debug info printed at start?
>> 
>>> On Apr 8, 2022, at 12:00 PM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list-request at lists.iem.at> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:35:39 +0200
>>> From: rolfm at dds.nl <mailto:rolfm at dds.nl>
>>> To: Pd list <pd-list at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list at lists.iem.at>>
>>> Subject: [PD] Pd 52.2 different font in console?
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>>> 
>>> hi, 
>>> 
>>> i just upgraded from 52.1 to 52.2 on Windows 10. 
>>> 
>>> i noticed: 
>>> 
>>> first: text in Pd-console looks much clearer. 
>>> 
>>> then: in 52.1 (and before(?)) the font in the Pd-console was different
>>> from the one in the patches. 
>>> 
>>> now in 52.2 the font in the console and in the patches seems the same,
>>> BUT the patches look like having an ugly bold version. 
>>> 
>>> i was used to that, but of course now i would like to have the same
>>> clear image as in the console. 
>>> 
>>> rolf
>> 
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> 

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