| Re: Font differences between IDL 5.6 and IDL 6.0 [message #38240 is a reply to message #38238] |
Fri, 27 February 2004 08:09   |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Lynn writes:
> My main contention is that numbers, especially, do not look nice.
> This is more apparent at smaller fonts for example, courier 8 and 10.
> "2", "4", "5" and "7" seem squashed, when viewing in an object
> window.
>
> str[1]='0123456789'
> str[2]='0123456789xxxxxx0123456789'
> str[3]='xxxxxx0123456789'
>
> Additionally, alignment really looks ugly when beginning new lines.
> Lines beginning with characters of slim width, as in the case of "I",
> look like the character is right justified rather than left justified with
> respect to the edge, thus creating slight indentations of lines.
>
> str[1]='Image'
> str[2]='Will not align with'
> str[3]='Other lines'
>
> Do you see this too?
Oh, yes. I see what you are talking about now, although
I only notice it in the window output, not on the printer
output. I would guess this is not RSI's fault, but the
fault of the folks who built the font library. This was
obtained from one of the Open Source libraries, but I can't
seem to find the reference now. Does anyone know it? Perhaps
we can ask the designers about the problem.
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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