I can understand not wanting dependencies, but you can include Bitstream Vera Sans Mono with Pd. It's a free font. It would just be one file, two if you want normal and bold.
http://www.gnome.org/fonts/#Final_Bitstream_Vera_Fonts It would be MUCH easier to deal with than say, ASIO, portaudio, portmidi, FFTW, etc. .hc On Sep 25, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Miller Puckette wrote: > Well, I'm trying to avoid dependences on stuff that isn't absolutely > guaranteed to be there in the OS, so that Pd can work out-of-box > without > running installation scripts. > > Also, even though the sizes are apparently predictable with lucida > etc., > they are quite uncomfortably different from what Pd currently gets, at > least from the tests I've made. > > cheers > M > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 02:44:41PM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner > wrote: >> >> If you set tk scaling to a fixed value, and use a font that is known >> to be installed (i.e. included with Pd), then the font sizes quite >> reliable in terms of pixel sizes, at least in my tests. >> >> .hc >> >> >> On Sep 24, 2007, at 7:49 PM, Miller Puckette wrote: >> >>> The problem I'm having is that there seems to be no reliable way to >>> get >>> a text font of a desired size using the Tk font primitives. In >>> practice >>> you can get a fixed-width font with a particular pixel width, but >>> then >>> the heights vary widely. If I simply fixed the height myself >>> from Pd, >>> it would be much easier to get fonts to fit patches. >>> >>> >>> cheers >>> M >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 12:55:07PM -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: >>>> >>>> Miller wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is why I'm thinking about what I call the nuclear option: >>>>> separating all text into separate lines >>>> >>>> It's like the Qu?b?cois nucular family blowing up. It's proof that >>>> QC has >>>> WMD. Jean Cr?tin once said: ?Pourquoi acheter des carabines ? r?p? >>>> tition >>>> et de l'armement nucl?aire pour s'amuser? C'est dangereux! Et >>>> quand c'est >>>> dans la maison, bien il peut y avoir un enfant qui se sert de ? >>>> a, ...? >>>> (http://www.mef.qc.ca/audio/10vag.wav). Nowadays in QC, couples >>>> prevent >>>> divorce by simply not getting married >>>> (http://www.ledevoir.com/2007/09/13/156634.html). >>>> >>>>> and controlling the vertical spacing from within Pd. I don't >>>>> wanna do >>>>> it, but it might be the only way out. >>>> >>>> Out of what?... first define what you are trapped into. You are >>>> not bound >>>> to Courier fonts any more than you are strapped to a typewriter. >>>> >>>> _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ... >>>> | Mathieu Bouchard - t?l:+1.514.383.3801, Montr?al QC Canada >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ >>> listinfo/pd-list >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> ---- >> >> "[W]e have invented the technology to eliminate scarcity, but we are >> deliberately throwing it away to benefit those who profit from >> scarcity." -John Gilmore >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ >> listinfo/pd-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- All information should be free. - the hacker ethic _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list