The question the is why fairly all other toolkits use point in their APIs. Some examples: * Qt: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qfont.html#QFont-2 * Cocoa: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSFont_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/clm/NSFont/fontWithName:size: * Pango: https://developer.gnome.org/pango/stable/pango-Fonts.html#pango-font-description-set-size * AWT: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#Font%28java.lang.String,%20int,%20int%29 * SWT: http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fapi%2Forg%2Feclipse%2Fswt%2Fgraphics%2FFont.html
Why can't JavaFX not at least provide a font-API to create fonts with point? Tom On 05.03.14 23:59, David Grieve wrote: > Everyone should just accept that there is no such thing as a 'point' in > JavaFX. Work in pixels and you will achieve nirvana. > > On 3/5/14, 5:49 PM, Pedro Duque Vieira wrote: >> Here is the definition of point: >> http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_units.asp >> >> As Jeff is saying it should be 1/72 inch. >> >> I think this should be the default. Isn't the introduction of modena >> potentially going to break more apps than changing the definition of >> point? >> Aren't breaking apps making use of a bug that they shouldn't be taking >> advantage of in the first place? >> >> That being said, and if changing the default point definition is not >> really >> possible, being able to change this through a global settings property so >> that node matches CSS, sound like a reasonable workaround. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >
