Re: "System" font on Mac - diff between LC 8 and LC 9??

Seems this is undesirable as a rule. What I do is set the font, size and style of the STACK to something, and then if I want the control to match the default of the stack, I set font size and style to empty. Bob S On Apr 11, 2017, at 20:14 , James Hale via use-livecode

\"System\" font on Mac - diff between LC 8 and LC 9??

So, in LC8 changes were made to the UI font themes and the System font was one new addition. According to the dictionary... The list of font names includes a set of special-purpose names which automatically select the matching font for the platform. You can use these to request "the font used

Re: "System" font on Mac - diff between LC 8 and LC 9??

LC 8.1.3 (Mac OS 10.7.5): I get the bold but NOT the italic. LC 9.0.0 DP 4 (Mac OS 10.7.5: exactly the same. Best, Richmond. On 4/12/17 6:14 am, James Hale via use-livecode wrote: set the htmltext of fld 1 to "this is bold and this is italic"

\"System\" font on Mac - diff between LC 8 and LC 9?

Hmm. Seems this has been sort of noted but no mention is made of the fix. http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17344 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: "System" font on Mac - diff between LC 8 and LC 9??

Yes, same here. I’m on 10.12.5, but I imagine it would behave the same on older systems. > On Apr 11, 2017, at 8:14 PM, James Hale via use-livecode > wrote: > > Could other with a Mac please give this a go to see if my observation is > local to my machine

"System" font on Mac - diff between LC 8 and LC 9??

Could other with a Mac please give this a go to see if my observation is local to my machine alone? Create a new stack in LC8 and place a field. Open the message box and enter... set the htmltext of fld 1 to "this is bold and this is italic" You should see this is bold and this