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

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

I've also been reminded that we had a request to actually
consider changing the defualt font to something like SIL Andika
(https://software.sil.org/andika/), long long ago:

  https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/feature-requests/146/

I tried changing the hard-coded #define (quoted below) to
"Andika" and posted an example:

  https://twitter.com/TuxPaintTweets/status/1599667060623413248

I think (per my comment in that ticket, 12 years ago!)
that it might be nice to allow having whatever default font
we choose (I'm leaning towards DejaVu Sans) with a user-chosen
font, via config settings.  e.g.,:

  tuxpaint --uifont="Andika"

(If it fails, fall back to our default.)

-bill!

On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 10:35:45PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> 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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