On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:06:14 +0200, Stefan Salewski <[email protected]> wrote: > I really think it is too large in printout. > > You may compare a recent printout from gEDA 1.6.1 at > > http://www.ssalewski.de/tmp/AmplifierCh1.pdf > > with old 1.4.3 printout at > > http://www.ssalewski.de/AmplifierCh1.pdf > > Whenever possible, we should have access at runtime to default screen > and printout font size.
Hi Stefan, The e-mail you replied to explained the design considerations that lead to the decision to change the printed font scale factor in the 1.6 release. Many hours -- indeed, weeks -- were spent agonising over the best approach to minimize compatibility issues with older designs, and I believe that what we have now represents the least bad option. I for one greatly appreciate the fact that font sizes are consistent between screen and print, and that my existing symbol libraries are unaffected. It is highly likely that in a future release we will move to using the same underlying Cairo rendering infrastructure for both screen rendering and printing, in order to simplify the source code and further increase output consistency. In that case, using different font scales for screen and print would be an unnecessary pain. I believe that the decision not to add configuration variables that would inevitably be removed again at some time in the future was a good one, especially given the fact that a vanishingly small proportion of gEDA users would make use of them. Prior to 1.6, I considered the fact that print font sizes didn't match screen font sizes to be a bug that needed fixing, and I'm pleased that it's now been fixed. Both your schematic printouts are perfectly legible. Where's the problem? Peter -- Peter Brett <[email protected]> Remote Sensing Research Group Surrey Space Centre _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
