Aha... I built it with 8.5 - should I be still using 8.4?

cheers
M

On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 11:07:30PM +0200, Dan Wilcox wrote:
> 
> > On Jul 15, 2017, at 11:02 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> > 
> > I notice it looks quite differently in Mac OS, like there is a new font, 
> > but it still seems it is Monaco. But the font size is smaller and the boxes 
> > are thinner and wider. A subpatch will also have an extra space to the 
> > right after the text/name of the subpatch.
> 
> You are seeing the retina rendering with a newer Tk, which still has those 
> font issues as the rendered box size does not quite fit the font. I haven't 
> been able to track down a fix yet.
> 
> It's weird, though, as this shouldn't be the default yet and Pd should still 
> be using 8.4 which is pixelated on retina screens but has correct object 
> sizing.
> 
> Miller, how did you build the mac distribution app?
> 
> > I know there's a Pull Request where we're discussing a cross platform 
> > consistency for Pd (DejaVu Sans Mono as default font crossplatform), but it 
> > hasn't been merged yet, right?
> 
> No. There's still the issue of making it work on Windows which has not been 
> resolved yet. I am aware of the TWAPI extension but that is not ideal as Pd 
> shouldn't rely on too many dependencies, especially for only loading a font 
> on one platform. I may be able to get to that in a few weeks.`
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