steve
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Post by steve on Jan 20, 2020 7:59:33 GMT -5
Not sure if it would be usable but looks interesting.
Regards, Steve
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Post by George on Jan 20, 2020 11:19:55 GMT -5
Steve: I installed them to try.
a) They don't get selected by SPFLite as they are not flagged as FixedPitch.
b) If I manually enter one of the names, it doesn't get loaded, Windows substitutes some alternative.
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My knowledge of fonts is minimal at best.
George
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Post by steve on Jan 20, 2020 11:29:27 GMT -5
That was my experience also. I'll dig a little and see if there is a way to flag as fixed pitch (if they even are)
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Post by steve on Jan 20, 2020 14:07:03 GMT -5
I've set the bit so this font will be seen as mono. A cursory review shows the characters are working as expected. Whether this font is any better than any of the others I guess would be up to the user. |
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Post by George on Jan 20, 2020 15:52:34 GMT -5
Steve: OK, whatever you did worked (I'm not sure I want to know how it's done, I've always tried to avoid learning the internals of fonts etc. - that's always been something Robert knows a lot better.
Tests OK. Better? As you say, up to the user, everyone has their own thoughts on this. I know sometimes when someone sends me a screen shot for a problem, my first thought is "Ugh! what an ugly font setting!" A chaque on son gout - to each their own.
Since they allow distribution freely, I'll add them to the Font collection, thanks for spotting them, and getting them working.
George
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Post by steve on Jan 21, 2020 5:38:19 GMT -5
The Process to adjust the font was quite easy after figuring out the process and what needed to be changed.
On windows: - Install latest Python on Wndows
- Install font tools package (pip install fonttools) from command prompt
- then run TTX command from FontTools package (from command prompt)
- TTX <fontname.ttf> - edit (I used notepad++) <fontname.ttx> (output from TTX command) and modify isfixedpitch from "0" to "1) => <isFixedPitch value="1"/>
- TTX <fontname.ttx> which outputs modified <fontname.ttf> - Install modified font.
It took less than 5 minutes to modify and install the font set once Python and fonttools package was installed
Steve
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