It seems Andika has a higher line-spacing because it takes characters with multiple stacked unicode diacritics[2] into account which would be clipped otherwise[1]. If this is deemed not aceptable, there exists the SIL Type Tuner, which can change the line-height easily. [3] Unfortunatly I have no windows system.
[1] http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Andika_FAQ-KI#5755a55d [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic [3] http://scripts.sil.org/TypeTuner Am 24.02.2009 um 16:55 schrieb Igor Stasenko: > 2009/2/24 Gary Chambers <[email protected]>: >> That's just down to the fact that textstyles are applied on opening >> of >> browsers/morphs. >> Reopening the browsers should sort it. >> >> The slight other concern I have with this font is the apparently >> excessive >> line spacing, not as compact as, say, Arial. >> > > Does anyone knows, how/where line height is calculated? > Maybe this code does not takes font DPI in account, or assuming a > fixed dpi which is mismatching with screen dpi. > > > >> Regards, Gary >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Hilaire Fernandes" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:20 PM >> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] Font for Pharo >> >> >> Can it be related to a problem I saw recently with text string >> inappropriately clipped toward the end (string length calculus seems >> too short of 1 or 2 pixels)? >> I can see it in last release when using deja vue font for example. >> >> It does not show up in #194 however. >> >> Hilaire >> >> >> 2009/2/23 Norbert Hartl <[email protected]>: >>> On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 20:18 +0200, Igor Stasenko wrote: >>>> 2009/2/23 Norbert Hartl <[email protected]>: >>>>> On linux it doesn't look very good. There is something weird >>>>> with the font height and position. Well, it looks a lot better >>>>> in pharo than in gnome :) >>>>> >>>> seems like you changed font after opening a browser window. And it >>>> using old font height to calculate line heights. >>>> >>> If I would have changed the font after opening the window I couldn't >>> see the new font. The fonts are only applied on opening a window. >>> You can see it in the workspace and the menu two. There is enough >>> space through the big line height. In the class browser it is >>> somehow >>> cut off. >>> >>> Norbert >>> >>> >>>> >>>>> screenshot is attached. >>>>> >>>>> Norbert >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 13:33 +0100, Jérôme wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I found the Font "Andika Basic"[2] which is an Open Source and >>>>>> Free- >>>>>> Software[1] Unicode-ready font made by the same people who >>>>>> brought us >>>>>> Gentium, the typeface for the nations. I suggest using Andika >>>>>> as the >>>>>> Pharo CI Font since it can be distributed along with Pharo and >>>>>> looks a >>>>>> little bit like Lucida Grande, the Mac-UI-font, but at the same >>>>>> time >>>>>> is more friendly and better readable[3]. According to the Andika >>>>>> Website, Andika is Swahili, which is spoken widely in >>>>>> southeastern >>>>>> regions of the African continent, and means "Write!". >>>>>> >>>>>> Have a look: >>>>>> [2] >>>>>> http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Andika >>>>>> [3] http://minusfreun.de/blog/uploads/Pharo.png >>>>>> >>>>>> Jérôme >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo- >>>>> project >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards, >>>> Igor Stasenko AKA sig. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pharo-project mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> >> >> >> -- >> http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > Jérôme Agater [email protected] _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
