Hi,
I am quite happy with the font I can get in Unix but, paradoxically enough, I can't get what I want in macOS, where graphics usually is far better. So, the point is, in macOS the only font I can see well (except for the Accu*) is the "Bitmap DejaVu Sans". I use it usually at "size" 12, but I would like to have it a little smaller, unfortunately the next available size is 9, which is too small for me. I tried to read all what I could on the web. As far as I understand Bitmap DejaVu Sans works better because it was "handmade". And for the same reason, to have it at a different pointsize it must be wholly handcrafted again each time. TTF do not work well because we don't have a renderer inside Squeak, there appear to be external plugins to use Cairo, but I don't find them for macOS. (excuse my barbaric approximations, I am totally profane in the world of fonts). So my questions are: What font do you use ? Are you able to get something good at different scales ? I don't need multi-lang stuff, ASCII is enough. I could make another pointsize or two for the "Bitmap DejaVu Sans" but I need some point to start, some documentation or example. bye Nicola _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners |
> On 07.12.2019, at 09:15, Nicola Mingotti <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am quite happy with the font I can get in Unix but, paradoxically enough, I can't get what I want in macOS, where graphics usually is far better. > > So, the point is, in macOS the only font I can see well (except for the Accu*) is the "Bitmap DejaVu Sans". I use it usually at "size" 12, but I would like to have it a little smaller, unfortunately the next available size is 9, which is too small for me. > > I tried to read all what I could on the web. As far as I understand Bitmap DejaVu Sans works better because it was "handmade". And for the same reason, to have it at a different pointsize it must be wholly handcrafted again each time. > > TTF do not work well because we don't have a renderer inside Squeak, there appear to be external plugins to use Cairo, but I don't find them for macOS. > > (excuse my barbaric approximations, I am totally profane in the world of fonts). > > So my questions are: > > What font do you use ? > > Are you able to get something good at different scales ? > I don't need multi-lang stuff, ASCII is enough. > > I could make another pointsize or two for the "Bitmap DejaVu Sans" but I need some point to start, some documentation or example. > Here's a starting point: https://github.com/krono/Squeak-Fonts That's what I used to generate the current sizes of Bitmap DejaVu Sans. Best regards -Tobias > bye > Nicola > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners |
Thank you a lot Tobias ! bye nicola
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