Hi Mike Thanks, I'll take a look at this.
Charlie > Did you use Courier? You may want to try Courier New and see if it > behaves > the same. > Go into Control Panel/Fonts and look at your Courier Font. > On my Windows 7 I see Microsoft Corp as the Designer/foundry. I wonder if > yours got replaced somehow. > Looking at Joe's picture he sent it appears Qt is centering the text > which, > if it's fixed width font and the same length should all look the same. And > yours isn't doing that. > > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 6:23 AM, > <char...@sucklingfamily.free-online.co.uk> > wrote: > >> Hi Mike >> >> I'm using Windows Vista and just increased the font size I think by one >> maybe two available increment(s) to keep the text just about inside the >> available spaces, and switched to bold type. The font itself was not >> changed, at least deliberately. >> >> I did not keep records of this unfortunately - I was more interested in >> trying out Echo mode at the time. >> >> The Vista is set to normal size display font also, not the larger >> option. >> >> 73 >> >> Charlie >> >> >> > What size font did you use and what OS are you on? I tried Courier >> 14,16, >> > and 18 Bold and they all lined up fine on Windows 7. >> > >> > 73 >> > Mike W9MDB >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Charles Suckling < >> > char...@sucklingfamily.free-online.co.uk> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Joe >> >> >> >> No windows 125% was used. >> >> >> >> The fonts were selected from the buttons that allow users to change >> >> Fonts >> >> in >> >> Settings -> General. I only increased size and bold option. The fonts >> >> were >> >> those already offered. >> >> >> >> Reason for change - better legibility for slightly visually >> challenged >> >> user. >> >> >> >> Charlie >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Joe Taylor [mailto:j...@princeton.edu] >> >> Sent: 10 June 2015 19:36 >> >> To: 'WSJT software development' >> >> Subject: [wsjt-devel] Displayed fonts >> >> >> >> Can anyone help me to understand how to make the on-screen appearance >> of >> >> WSJT-X look more uniform, across platforms and OS settings? >> >> >> >> To see one example that bugs me, look at the "Astronomical Data" >> windows >> >> in screen shots of Echo mode at my station and G3WDG: >> >> >> >> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/EchoTest_4.png >> >> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/100Wechomode.jpg >> >> >> >> The first one evidently uses the fonts I intended it to use ("Courier >> >> 14, bold"), and the numbers are aligned as intended. >> >> >> >> In the second picture, taken at G3WDG, some other font has been >> >> substituted. Judging from the WSJT-X main window in Charlie's screen >> >> shot, I guess he has told Windows to use larger fonts ("125%") than >> the >> >> default. In this instance, the substituted fonts are not even >> >> monospaced, which with the present code does not work well. >> >> >> >> The larger system fonts also have the effect of making some labels >> not >> >> fit the size of the control they're on. >> >> >> >> Can we do anything in this area to make out on-screen appearance >> better? >> >> >> >> -- Joe, K1JT >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> wsjt-devel mailing list >> >> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> wsjt-devel mailing list >> >> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >> >> >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > wsjt-devel mailing list >> > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >> > >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> wsjt-devel mailing list >> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
