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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
