[REBOL] Re: Font compatibility across platforms.
From: bo:rebol at: 7-Nov-2000 9:11
Michal,
Let me start by saying this is my own opinion. To be useful, REBOL/View
would only really need three fonts in some sort of outline format.
Serif, sans-serif and fixed. These could be scaled accurately to nearly
any size. Therefore, they wouldn't add too much to the executable size.
Also, if REBOL HQ comes up with a font format that is unique to View, it
wouldn't take too much work to create the data for three font typefaces
and the licensing cost would be averted.
-Bo
On 6-Nov-2000/22:47:54, [kracik--mbox--dkm--cz] wrote:
>Hi Bo,
>
>it's good to hear that you want to have platform-independent fonts in
>View. I think this will give REBOL tremendous advantage over other GUI
>toolkits, Java and HTML. But how could this be done? I'm afraid that
>licensing some good fonts may be expensive for a free product like
>View, and also they can increase View executable size considerably.
>
>--
>Michal Kracik
>
>[bo--rebol--com] wrote:
>>
>> Yes, View needs to have its own internal fonts as this is the only part
>> of View's layout that is not completely platform-independent (as far as
>> I can tell).
>>
>> -Bo
>>
>> On 6-Nov-2000/9:30:03+12:00, [carl--cybercraft--co--nz] wrote:
>> >I'm finding the default View font is not giving the same results
>> >across platforms.
>> >
>> >If I use a font size of 13 for instance, the text on my Amiga takes up
>> >exactly 13 pixels vertically, (worked out by where the next line of
>> >text is when it wraps), but on a friend's Windows box using the same
>> >script the height is 16 pixels.
>> >
>> >Anyone know a solution to this?
>> >
>> >Carl Read.
>> >
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