Re: tiny fonts with wxt term

[Richard H. <r.h...@rl...>]

Timothée Lecomte wrote:

> Richard Henwood wrote:
>> Timothée Lecomte wrote:

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>>   
> Typically you change the rendering method, click 'Ok' or 'Apply', and
> type 'replot' in the command line. Closing the terminal should not be
> needed (all the more since it only hides the window but does not do
> anything else actually), exiting gnuplot should not be needed too.
> 
> So, the bug only appears when the rendering method is set to
> 'Antialiasing and oversampling', right ?

correct.

> Can you tell me if a font of size 200 with 'Antialiasing and
> oversampling' looks exactly the same as a size of 10 without
> 'oversampling' ?

It does not look _exactly_ the same. The font appears to be the same size
but on switching there is some slight movement in exact positions of text.
It is very slight an I can only notice it because I watch it switch.

> (the oversampling precisely involves a scaling of 20)
> 
>> If I make the changes to the rendering method and then resize, without
>> closing/reopening the result is unpredictable, including: huge fonts,
>> only some text displayed, graphics become pixelated, even a lockup.
>>   
> Indeed. For this to work as expected, I would have not to change the
> internal variables immediately, but schedule the change for the time of
> the next plot. Maybe I should do that before the release...

it would be desirable from my point of view.

r,