Strange, were those strange boxes for spaces always there? Any idea why that might be happening? If you use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono in a different app, like Terminal, does it work ok?
Otherwise, the font spacing looks good, including 12 point. .hc On Sep 22, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Spencer Russell wrote: > http://www.columbia.edu/~sfr2105/SFR-10.png > http://www.columbia.edu/~sfr2105/SFR-12.png > http://www.columbia.edu/~sfr2105/SFR-16.png > > I'm using Debian etch, with ttf-bitstream-vera installed. I installed > Hans's Pd-0.39.3-extended-rc5-debian-stable-i386.deb package. > > My resolution is 1400x1050, and I don't think I've done anything > explicitly to set the DPI. > > On 9/21/07, Hans-Christoph Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> So it turns out that there is at least one person who has problems >> with the current Pd-extended font setup on GNU/Linux. >> >> The only place that I have seen a problem is _only_ 12 point fonts >> and _only_ on some GNU/Linux machines. Everywhere else that I have >> tested (which is 25+ machines at this point) it works. >> >> So in an effort to track down the source of this, I ask all y'all >> running Pd-extended on any flavor of GNU/Linux to post screenshots >> like this, with Pd launched from the command line so you can see the >> tk scaling value: >> >> http://pow.idmi.poly.edu/~hans/pdfonts/screenshots/ >> >> Also, it would be very useful to know which flavor of GNU/Linux you >> are running, which screen resolution, and whether you've set any kind >> of DPI setting. Please post the images on the web somewhere (like >> puredata.info) and I'll gather them from there. >> >> Remember, you need to have Bitstream Vera Sans Mono installed and >> working for things to render correctly. It's included on most >> standard installs, but if you have a customized install, you should >> double-check that it's actually installed. >> >> Fedora: yum install bitstream-vera-fonts >> Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install ttf-bitstream-vera >> >> .hc >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> ---- >> >> "It is convenient to imagine a power beyond us because that means we >> don't have to examine our own lives.", from "The Idols of >> Environmentalism", by Curtis White >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ >> listinfo/pd-list >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. - Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list