It would be nice if the "font/name" property editor (dropdown list) would show the font names written in the respective font. That could be an optional IDE setting (probably disabled or enabled by default depending on how heavy or light it would be in resources at runtime).
Same could be done at the Font selection dialog (the dialog could have such property and the IDE could set that from the value of the above mentioned IDE setting) if it's not a standard system dialog that cannot be changed to do so. That is cause most people aren't graphic designers to know from a font name what a font looks like. At the font dialog there is a preview text shown, but you have to select the fonts one-by-one to see it (not very helpful for a quick overview). Else at least there could be some IDE tool to show a given phrase (the same one so that one can compare how it looks) in all the different fonts in a rich text box [or SynEdit] or something, maybe with a gap line in between (or less gap if some panel+scrollpane is used instead of a textbox). The default phrase could be ABC...Z0...9 and also maybe contain other standard characters. ---------------- George Birbilis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Computer & Informatics Engineer Microsoft MVP J# for 2004-2006 Borland "Spirit of Delphi" ++ QuickTime, Delphi, ActiveX, .NET components ++ http://www.kagi.com/birbilis ++ Robotics ++ http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~Robotics http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~robgroup _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0653-5, 05/12/2006 Tested on: 7/12/2006 10:42:36 ?? avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
