It's perhaps time to start thinking about implementing native font support in J (for the box characters, and perhaps also for wd and perhaps also for better session support in general).
With that in mind, I think this is an interesting paper: http://www.valvesoftware.com/publications/2007/SIGGRAPH2007_AlphaTestedMagnification.pdf -- Raul On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 7:36 AM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > The defaults are: > > Monspace (linux) > Menlo (OSX) > Lucida Console (windows) > > There is no problem in us changing any of these. Please let us know what > works on your system. > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Fraser Jackson > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Like some others I have been puzzled with the handling of mono spaced >> fonts for Jqt. Most contributors to this thread appear to have either Linux >> or OS machines. Menlo appears to be an Apple font, and unlikely to be on >> Windows machines. >> >> >> JVERSION >> Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 >> Library: 8.01.011 >> Qt IDE: 1.0.7 >> Platform: Win 32 >> Installer: j801 beta install >> InstallPath: c:/users/fraser/j801 >> >> On this machine Menlo is not available but DejaVu Sans Mono which differs >> from it very little is available. >> >> This is one matter which should not require additional user input for a >> default installation. If there is a modern font available across the >> operating systems that would be fine, but if not then downloading and >> installing an appropriate font should be a part of the installation process. >> >> The Edit/Session Font menu item provides good control for advanced users, >> but the new user should not have to go near it. >> >> Fraser >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- >> For information about J forums see >> http://www.jsoftware.com/**forums.htm<http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
