Hi Richmond,
Am 29.05.2013 um 15:06 schrieb Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com>:
> On 05/29/2013 03:31 PM, Warren Samples wrote:
>> On 05/29/2013 07:09 AM, Richmond wrote:
>>>
>>> Those chars that are in the standard Unicode places are substituted for
>>> a standard Windows-native font,
>>> but those in the PPU area are left as they are, kerning rules in either
>>> the font or inwith Livecode itslef are over-ridden by Windows; something
>>> that does not happen with Macintosh, Linux or Windows XP.
>>>
>>> From my point of view, at least, this is a "show stopper" for Windows
>>> V, 7 and 8.
>>>
>>> I have been digging around in the LC Documentation and found
>>> 'revFontLoad' which looks
>>> as though it might be a possibility, except that it seems to rely on
>>> absolute paths, when one cannot rely
>>> on an end-user putting one's homegrown font exactly where one wants it
>>> to be.
>>>
>>> I would be grateful if anybody who has run up against this or similar
>>> problems and has found a way to circumvent them could let me (and the
>>> use-list!) know of how they coped with this.
>>>
>>> Richmond.
>>
>>
>> Richmond, you've been trying get help with this for some time now and I
>> don't recall seeing anyone respond with anything really helpful for you. I
>> suspect that it's because your project and your problem are rather
>> specialized. What happens if you use your font in some other app? Does it
>> work as you would expect it to in other apps or do you get the same
>> substitutions? Is it a LiveCode issue or maybe a Windows issue? Does using
>> revFontLoad resolve the problem on a test machine?
>>
>> If you install the font using a script, you should be able to control where
>> it goes. Why not out install it where Windows expects user installed fonts
>> to be?
>
> Aha; well as a non-Windows user (except for the odd bit of testing) I would
> be most grateful if you could tell me where
> Windows expects user installed fonts to be, as I don't have a clue.
Default is the Windows FONTS folder -> specialfolderpath("Fonts")
:-)
But Livecode can load any font from ANYWHERE you put it.
So you could install the font into the users documenst folder, if only your app
needs to use it.
>> Perhaps you could find a a utility to make a proper Windows installer and
>> have it put your font where it needs to go?
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Warren
Best
Klaus
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Klaus Major
http://www.major-k.de
kl...@major-k.de
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