Try using Helvetica Neue (Bold). Comes with the OS, too. Best Oli
On 29.04.2010, at 05:49, Rick Mann wrote: > Are you sure? it's only problematic when there are two 1s next to each other; > a single 1 doesn't cause a shift. Maybe because it's a fraction of a pixel > different in width, but like I said, usually numbers share the same width. > > On Apr 28, 2010, at 18:56:07, Anatol Ulrich wrote: > >> On 29.4.10 2:39 AM, Rick Mann wrote: >>> It seems that if I do a string-to-image --> Billboard, and use Helvetica >>> as the font, then the overall width of the string changes when two 1s >>> render side-by-side. If it's "10" or "01" the change doesn't happen. >>> >>> I feel fairly certain that Helvetica is a well-behaved font, in that the >>> numeral glyphs are all the same width, but that's not what I'm seeing in QC. >>> >> >> That's not a bug. Helvetica is not a fixed-width font. >> Try cramming Helvetica's numbers into an equal-width grid in photoshop etc., >> it will look crappy. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anatol >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/rmann%40latencyzero.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/oliver.busch%40googlemail.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]

