On Apr 10, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Camillo Bruni wrote:

> - just keep a ANIS ranged fixed-width font in the image for the emergency 
> evaluator.
> - use freetype for all other fonts
> - use startup scripts to set default font
> 
> => avoid 100+ thread on discussing which font might be the best... everyone 
> choses his/her favorite

camillo with the fix of alain we get a readable font right out of the box and 
even of the emergency evaluator.
Having a good default is key.

Stef


> 
> 
> On 2012-04-10, at 10:36, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote:
> 
>> Really cool hack, Alain.
>> Amazing that you can do such deep things with so little code.
>> 
>> Sven
>> 
>> On 10 Apr 2012, at 01:03, Alain Plantec wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> yes, the default font is not that readable.
>>> as a workarround try the following (and see before and after screenshots):
>>> -------
>>> | fb |
>>> StandardFonts setFontsToStyleNamed: #small.
>>> fb :=StandardFonts defaultFont emphasized: 1.
>>> #($. $: $; $' $` $,)
>>>  do: [:ch |
>>>      StandardFonts defaultFont characterFormAt: ch put: (fb 
>>> characterFormAt: ch) deepCopy.
>>>      StandardFonts defaultFont widen: ch by: 1].
>>> -------
>>> 
>>> this make the punctuation chars much more visible :
>>> it replace a regular one with the corresponding bold one and make it wider 
>>> by 1 pixel.
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Alain
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Le 08/04/12 21:03, Stéphane Ducasse a écrit :
>>>> Hi guys
>>>> 
>>>> I do not like the default font because there is not enough space around :
>>>> so this is difficult to see it for example in
>>>> 
>>>>            :=
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> so what can be done?
>>>> Can we modify this font?
>>>> 
>>>> Stef
>>> 
>>> <before.png><after.png>
>> 
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