I understand this better now. The default fonts are as in the message below, and are used on any new installation. However, in the earlier beta systems, we had not finished the font definitions, and so early beta users got config files with unsuitable fonts.
A simple solution is to use menu Edit|Configure|Qt IDE and update the FontFamily, e.g. FontFamily=Lucida Console Then restart J. Once this is done, please let us know of any problem with the default fonts. BTW, the font rendering is done by Qt and this is slightly different from GTK, which in turn is slightly different from J6. A font that looks good in one version, does not necessarily look good in another. However, AFAIK, the default fonts chosen should work in all systems. Chris On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 7:36 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > The defaults are: > > Monspace (linux) > Menlo (OSX) > Lucida Console (windows) > > There is no problem in us changing any of these. Please let us know what > works on your system. > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Fraser Jackson <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Like some others I have been puzzled with the handling of mono spaced >> fonts for Jqt. Most contributors to this thread appear to have either Linux >> or OS machines. Menlo appears to be an Apple font, and unlikely to be on >> Windows machines. >> >> >> JVERSION >> Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 >> Library: 8.01.011 >> Qt IDE: 1.0.7 >> Platform: Win 32 >> Installer: j801 beta install >> InstallPath: c:/users/fraser/j801 >> >> On this machine Menlo is not available but DejaVu Sans Mono which differs >> from it very little is available. >> >> This is one matter which should not require additional user input for a >> default installation. If there is a modern font available across the >> operating systems that would be fine, but if not then downloading and >> installing an appropriate font should be a part of the installation process. >> >> The Edit/Session Font menu item provides good control for advanced users, >> but the new user should not have to go near it. >> >> Fraser >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ---------- >> For information about J forums see >> http://www.jsoftware.com/**forums.htm<http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
