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CE -----Original Message----- From: hwedhlor [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 5:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Font selection in Legacy Charting could be much more convenient I had occasion to build a "Mother's Tree" chart just now based on one illustrated in the current online issue of Legacy News. The author did not identify the font used in the sentiment quoted at the bottom of the chart, so after I had keyed in the sentiment text I clicked on "Text Settings" and used the dropdown list of fonts to begin searching for a suitable font. I have 1373 fonts installed on my system. The font dropdown list does not display the fonts in their final form, but rather shows them all in the same style, so it was not easy to choose those that were good candidates for this text. To make matters even more difficult, once I selected a font to try, and found it to be unsatisfactory for the job, when I clicked on the dropdown list again I found that I had to scroll back down to where the unsatisfactory font was listed alphabetically in order to continue my search. My proposal is that fonts be displayed in the dropdown as they will appear on the chart, style-wise, and that Legacy Charting be coded to "remember" the last font selected, to avoid having to scroll back to that location in the dropdown list to resume a search. I am aware that some fonts would not display well in the dropdown in their "native" style due to various sizes of their characters in comparison to other fonts, but better to have some idea of what a font looks like than to have to guess based on the font name, which often provides little clue about how the font actually will appear. One solution to the native character size differences would be to provide a larger field for the fonts in the dropdown list. An example of the sort of dropdown display I favor may be found in Microsoft Word. Regards, John Zimmerman Mesa, AZ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2868 - Release Date: 05/11/10 11:40:00 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
