Howdy Windows peeps, I wonder if the pdfontloader needs to be recompiled for TK 8.6+. I believe the build distributed with Pd on Windows was built for Tk 8.5.
> On Apr 9, 2022, at 12:42 PM, Dan Wilcox <[email protected]> wrote: > > The font detection & loading looks like it's working fine via our custom > pdfontloader: > > https://github.com/pure-data/pdfontloader > <https://github.com/pure-data/pdfontloader> > > The font on Windows and Linux has always been bold: > > https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/blob/master/font/README.txt#L33 > <https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/blob/master/font/README.txt#L33> > > What may have changed is how Tk calls the Windows API to do the rendering. I > would ask more of a Windows dev about this (Christof, Lucarda, etc). > > How does it look if you add "-font-weight normal" to the startup flags and > restart Pd? To confirm, the using font line should the change to: > > using font: DejaVu Sans Mono normal > > Another thing to try: "-font-face Courier" then see if the rendering is > better with a native font for the system. If so, this could indicate some > issue or change with how we load a local TTF font file. > >> On Apr 9, 2022, at 12:01 PM, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >> @Dan >> >> i gave you incomplete debug info, should be this: >> >> pdfontloader loaded DejaVuSansMono.ttf >> pdfontloader loaded DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf >> pdfontloader loaded DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf >> pdfontloader loaded DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf >> 'pd-gui' connecting to 'pd' on localhost 5331 ... >> ------------------ done with main ---------------------- >> Tk 8.6.10 >> detected font: DejaVu Sans Mono >> using font: DejaVu Sans Mono bold >> >> rolf >> >> >> >> Dan Wilcox schreef op 08-04-2022 13:48: >> >>> Turn log level to 4. What is the font debug info printed at start? >>> >>>> On Apr 8, 2022, at 12:00 PM, [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Message: 1 >>>> Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:35:39 +0200 >>>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> To: Pd list <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Subject: [PD] Pd 52.2 different font in console? >>>> Message-ID: <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>>> >>>> hi, >>>> >>>> i just upgraded from 52.1 to 52.2 on Windows 10. >>>> >>>> i noticed: >>>> >>>> first: text in Pd-console looks much clearer. >>>> >>>> then: in 52.1 (and before(?)) the font in the Pd-console was different >>>> from the one in the patches. >>>> >>>> now in 52.2 the font in the console and in the patches seems the same, >>>> BUT the patches look like having an ugly bold version. >>>> >>>> i was used to that, but of course now i would like to have the same >>>> clear image as in the console. >>>> >>>> rolf >>> >>> -------- >>> Dan Wilcox >>> @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> >>> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> >>> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/> >>> >> > > -------- > Dan Wilcox > @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> > danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> > robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/> > > > -------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
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