On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected] > wrote:
> this is strange because I get a blurry result. > Should I have a specific package loaded: I tried with the 10309dev and > the VM has the FT2plugin > > Stef > This is actually confusing me, too. My favorite coding font by far is Consolas, a proprietary Microsoft font that ships with Vista and newer versions of Office. (Hey, give me a break; once every 30 years, they're allowed to get something right.) I therefore gave the following configuration a shot: font := LogicalFont familyName: 'Lucida Grande' pointSize: 10. codeFont := LogicalFont familyName: 'Consolas' pointSize: 9. titleFont := LogicalFont familyName: 'Lucida Grande' pointSize: 11. Preferences setListFontTo: font. Preferences setMenuFontTo: font. Preferences setCodeFontTo: codeFont. Preferences setButtonFontTo: font. Preferences setSystemFontTo: font. Preferences setWindowTitleFontTo: titleFont. Unfortunately, under Pharo, the result's so bad, I feel as if I'm trying to code through beer goggles. The Lucida Grande looks fine, but the Consolas looks as if it has been heavily smeared. Oddly, the problem mostly goes away if I change Consolas' size to 8 points, rather than 9. To me, without any knowledge of what Pharo does for fonts, that screams that the FreeType plugin is built without the bytecode interpreter. If so, I think it can safely be enabled on both OS X and Windows, since the patent holders are Apple and Microsoft. --Benjamin
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