I've changed `dc-for-text-size' in `sideshow/pict' so that its default value is a bitmap DC. This change makes `slideshow/pict' easier to use in non-Slideshow contexts, and it makes sense because font metrics with the new `racket/draw' are almost always independent of the device context.
Actually, by default, Cairo rounds font metrics to whole pixels for bitmap and screen contexts under Unix. I've changed `racket/draw' so that it turns off font-metric hinting, which makes font metrics consistent across contexts and across different context transformations (e.g., scaling). Font-metric hinting was already off by default (at the Cairo level) under Windows and Mac OS X. In the long run, maybe hinting should be configurable, but I'm curious whether anyone can tell the difference with the setting that's simpler for `slideshow/pict'-like tasks. _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev