Posted by lanas on Feb 08, 2010; 1:26pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/Fonts-in-Linux-tp1472910.html

Hello,

  Is there a way to actually have solid-looking fonts when the latest
VisualWorks runs in Linux (Fedora 8 and 11, x86_64 in this case) ?  

  By solid-looking I mean full body fonts that are not whimperish or
wavy, but just plain fonts like all the other applications are using.

  I'm aware of the virtual machine isolation from the system and how
that might complicate using native fonts.  But on the other hand Squeak
does it.  Using the font option in Squeak it is possible to have fonts
that are pleasing to look at, at any size, for all the environment.
For instance Bitstream Vera Sans normal 12 points which is full
and non-wavery.

  Is there rather a license problem in using such fonts ?  VisualWorks
would so much better with fonts that are actually nice to look at.  

  6 years ago I tried it and even went to the extent of interfacing
with the company's extensive C-based message passing library (thanks to
the VisualWorks documentation which is very good) in an attempt to
get people interested but the looks of the application (including the
development environment) was not that great at all as it looked
odd when compared to native apps. Even though the most important is
Smalltalk itself and OO principles, the looks are quite important IMHO.

  6 years later I'm back at spending some time in Smalltalk.  I
found I really like the language and the way it express
object-orientation.  VisualWorks provides a professional development
solution.

  So please let me know if there's a way to actually configure the
latest VisualWorks so that it can have good fonts.

Cheers.
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