Mike Yates wrote:
>
> > I'm building some courseware for my students. I'm scripting it on
> >an iMac, and I'm going to port it to Windows. The stack will begin as a
> >simple set of multiple-choice drills.
> >
> > What can I do to minimize formatting hassles when I port to Windows?
> > Are there fonts that I can use for both OSs (e.g., Times, Geneva)? Any
> >suggestions?
>
> Moving from Mac to Windows is the easy way because Mac fonts are larger so
> you don't lose anything.
Except possibly in the case where the display font setting is set to
"large fonts", which are about 25% larger than "small fonts" (the normal
sized ones). Also the user can apply a custom setting - they can tell
the OS to display fonts at any percentage of normal size that they want
(though I imagine the use of this is rare).
You can look in the Windows registry to find out what their font display
is set to, at least with "large" or small". (Probably applies to custom
settings also, but I haven't tried it.)
Here's the registry path:
[HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\Display\Settings]
"DPILogicalX"="96" -- these are "small fonts" settings
"DPILogicalY"="96"
"DPIPhysicalX"="96"
"DPIPhysicalY"="96"
FWIW.
Phil Davis
> (Moving the other way can mean that there isn't enough room in a line or
> even small field.)
> Even the easy way you can have problems with appearence because the short
> lines look odd.
> There is no easy answer to that one so it is still strongly advisable to
> look at it cross-platform
> throughout development.
>
> If the fonts are on your target machines then that is one problem removed -
> hard to imagine
> anyone removing both Arial and Helvetica but ....!
>
> Another cross-platform SansSerif font that I prefer to both those fonts is
> Verdana. It is much clearer.
>
> Times Roman is the principal cross-platform Serif font.
>
> Mike
>
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