I had the impression that I'm missing something too :)

Stef

On May 22, 2009, at 6:38 AM, Benjamin Pollack wrote:

> 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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