In article <1241853357.18440.149.ca...@duiker>, John-Mark Bell <j...@netsurf-browser.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 23:41 +0100, Evan Clark wrote: > > Recent builds since the improved support for the non-Unicode font > > manager seem to be upsetting the generation of font menus. > > > > Font menus generated within any other application while NetSurf is > > running seem to ignore any default weights set using the * character > > in Message1 files. After quitting NetSurf, font menus are generated > > as expected. > That's odd, as NetSurf's font handling on RISC OS 5 has not been changed > at all. Additionally, NetSurf does nothing that should affect other > applications -- they would interact directly with the Font Manager. It did seem strange to me, even with only a superficial understanding of the workings of the font manager. To be absolutely clear about what is happening, here are screen shots of the font submenu for Vera, created from OvationPro, with and without NetSurf running: <URL:http://www.ejclark.force9.co.uk/temp/NetSurf_font_menus/font_submenu_without_NetSurf.jpg> <URL:http://www.ejclark.force9.co.uk/temp/NetSurf_font_menus/font_submenu_with_NetSurf.jpg> Evan.
