On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 10:32 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> I will however ask for just one enhancement: If I am filtering the list
and have an item or items selected, and then I clear the filter, it also
clears the selection. It would be great if the sele
I agree Quentin, trying to make text appear exactly the same on all platforms
is a fools errand.
That however is not the main point of the exercise, at least for me. When
designing an apps interface, it would be good to know that (at least static)
text items will (probably) appear in the same f
Well, I am not aiming for *exact* visual match. What I WOULD expect is that if
Livecode thinks the name of a font on the MacOS is “Aclonica Regular” then it
would think the same thing on a Windows system. I’m talking about an embedded
font file here. That “Aclonica” without the “regular” works o
Solutions before I tell my tales of woe.
Measuretext is a great high speed tool using a field's properties to calculate
the width in pixels that the string will occupy when rendered. This can solve
many kerning issues. The font size can be adjusted as needed to fit the text
into a field without
Other tools that we use have implemented CSS to manage this, but that does
not make it easier.
fonts have been a menace since we first had x-platform dev tools and
meaningful WYSIWYG rendering (Win 95?). at the time, dpi differences made
the issue impossible to resolve for smaller fonts, especially
It seems like you have an approach that can work well, despite being more
work.
Mainly shipping the fonts, which cancels out most of the issues, but
requires handling each case.
I don't know if any multi-platform dev tool deals with fonts without any
extra hoops.
If I recall correctly, flutter did
Cross-platform font compatibility is a hellacious rat's nest of mismatches. It
may or may not be worse than handling time (Daylight Savings Time? leap years?
leap *seconds*? etc, ad nauseum), but it's plenty bad enough on its own merits,
or lack thereof.
* You can't be 100% confident that your u
