Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Musical symbols instead of text on UI labels!?

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 08:31:59PM -0500, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> Hi team,
> 
> The issue has been resolved in a separate email thread.  It involved a few
> changes, mostly limited to macOS, but one affecting all platforms.  Would
> anyone object to changing this setting in fonts.h:
> 
> #define PANGO_DEFAULT_FONT "BitStream Vera"
> 
> 
> to:
> 
> #define PANGO_DEFAULT_FONT "DejaVu Sans"
> 
> 
> ?
> 
> It appears the default font we use, default_font.ttf, is actually named
> "DejaVu Sans", so attempting to load it using the name "BitStream Vera" can
> load a different font.

I guess I don't have any objection.  They are very similar,
though DejaVu Sans seems to be wider, but not as tall
(less whitespace above the text in the Tux tip section at
the bottom of the UI).

So while some strings (in English) now word-wrap differently
and potentially take up more space, I think the improved
vertical packing will counteract it.

In terms of readability, they seem about the same.
In situations where text needs to get compressed horizontally
to fit on a button (e.g., "Color & White" magic tool),
they both have some good-looking and some bad-looking
results, so it's not like one is obviously a lot better
or worse than the other.

I'm using default config (800x600 window, 48x48 buttons).

Hrm actually, in a larger button size (78x78, the most I can
get with 1024x768 window), they look a bit better because
they are taller.

So unless anyone else has any objections or problems,
I'm fine with it!

I'll toy around with it in different locales, too,
and will follow-up if I notice anything weird.

Thanks!

-bill!

> 
> Happy holidays everyone!
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 5:37 PM Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...> wrote:
> 
> >
> > A user has reported that Tux Paint is showing random
> > musical glyphs, rather than text (e.g., "Tools", "Colors",
> > "Stamps", "Undo", etc.) in the UI!
> >
> > This is on macOS Monterey (also reproduced on Sierra),
> > with the latest version of Tux Paint (0.9.28).
> >
> > The user has not adjusted any TP settings, but I had them
> > try to set Tux Paint up in English (I'm actually unclear
> > whether they did this at the TP-level or OS-wide), and
> > apparently the issues persists.
> >
> > Screenshot here:
> >
> >   https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/bugs/265/
> >
> > Mark, any ideas here?  What other questions should I ask them?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > PS - I was hoping to get 0.9.29 out before year's end, but we
> > keep discovering these odd bugs that affect a handful of people.
> >
> > --
> > -bill!
> > Sent from my computer
> >
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