On 11/06/2015 11:54, char...@sucklingfamily.free-online.co.uk wrote: > Hi Mike Hi Charlie & Mike, > > Thanks, I'll take a look at this. Don't worry about this for now, the fonts in the astro display are being incorrectly overridden when the application font is changed in the settings. I am sorting that out at the moment, I hope to commit the changes later Today. > > Charlie 73 Bill G4WJS. > >> 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
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