Re: [Qutecsound-users] Preparing for beta release
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From: Andres C. <man...@gm...> - 2010-05-26 11:28:29
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Hmm... It makes me wonder how this should be handled, since evidently each platform chooses to render the same fonts in a different way... (On Ubuntu and OS X, using the same scaling as you, Ubuntu was just slightly cut, while OS X was a little more cut, but not as much as what you show...) Any ideas? Cheers, Andrés On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:50 AM, andy fillebrown <and...@gm...>wrote: > The scope widget stopped working after updating from svn. Also, using > a font-size of 1.0 with offset 0.0 makes the text in "Font size > test.csd" get cut off (see attached .png). > > ~ andy.f > > > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Andres Cabrera <man...@gm...> > wrote: > > Thanks! > > > > I've come to realize it's better to have no offset and scaling of 1 as > > default, and scale the fonts coming from old format files. So please > > if you're using the svn version, please update your sources and make > > sure you set the font offset to 0 and the font scaling to 1.0 as this > > will be the default from now on. Also try to use fonts like Arial, > > Courier and Times to ensure the appearance is the same on all > > platforms. > > > > Cheers, > > Andrés > > > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 7:56 PM, andy fillebrown > > <and...@gm...> wrote: > >> Here's a screen-capture for the fonts on Windows XP. Font size is > >> 0.60, offset is 2.00 > >> > >> ~ andy.f > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Andres Cabrera <man...@gm...> > wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'm starting preparations for a new beta release. It will have many > >>> improvements in many areas and many bug fixes. > >>> > >>> So I'm calling people who are building from svn to give the current > >>> svn version a try. > >>> > >>> I'm interested in feedback in respect to stability and CPU usage > >>> (which in my personal tests has improved very significantly). > >>> Also of great importance is helping make sure the new widget format is > >>> working as it should in every respect (both importing files in the old > >>> csd format, and in fully maintining fidelity of saved documents). I've > >>> done my best effort to make sure everything is working, but I hope to > >>> catch any remaining bugs during this beta phase. > >>> I recommend you backup your csd files during this process, but fear > >>> not, as QuteCsound will make an automatic backup file when it loads > >>> any file in the old format. > >>> > >>> I'm also looking for feedback on the font appearance on different > >>> platforms (particularly Windows which I can't test...). The new widget > >>> format allows specifying a font size by number, which increases the > >>> possibilities, but breaks fidelity somewhat with the old format. I've > >>> put in two options for controlling font size called font scaling and > >>> font offset. I've settled on scaling 0.8 and offset 2.0 on OS X > >>> (tested on 10.6) and scaling of 0.8 and offset of 3.0 on Ubuntu. > >>> Please let me know how these defaults treat the text in your files in > >>> your platform. Ideally there should be no need to change the font > >>> sizes of widgets, only the scaling and offset. I'm attaching a file > >>> and a screenshot to compare how things look in Ubuntu (OS X for me > >>> looks almost nearly equal). > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Andrés > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Qutecsound-users mailing list > >>> Qut...@li... > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qutecsound-users > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Qutecsound-users mailing list > >> Qut...@li... > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qutecsound-users > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Andrés > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qutecsound-users mailing list > > Qut...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qutecsound-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Qutecsound-users mailing list > Qut...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qutecsound-users > > -- Andrés |