On Windows could the “formatForPrinting” property be effecting this? Windows apparently uses different fonts for screen display vs printing.
Marty > On Dec 17, 2019, at 12:51 PM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I ran into something similar in Windows, but also something other... > > I wanted to use a BarcodeFont, in my case 2of5i, in a Windows application > i´ve created with LC. > > When i displayed a barcode in the Windows text editor, the barcode was > displayed correctly. Even when i increased or decreased the font size, the > barcode was correctly displayed. The black and blank narrow and wide bars > showed all the correct size. > > When i did the same in an LC field, the same barcode was also displayed, but > the wide and narrow black bars and the spaces were not correct in size. The > proportion of some of the black bars and the blank spaces were not correct. > When i changed the font size, then other bars and spaces showed this > behaviour. > > I did not file a bug report, as i was not sure, if this really was a bug. Is > LC using native text fields in Windows? > > To get finished i went another way and used a barcode sdk which creates > images of the barcode. But that´s an other story. ;) > > Matthias > > > > > > Matthias Rebbe > > free tools for Livecoders: > InstaMaker <https://instamaker.dermattes.de/> > WinSignMaker Mac <https://winsignhelper.dermattes.de/> > >> Am 17.12.2019 um 20:23 schrieb Terence Heaford via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: >> >> Firstly I have an iMac, none retina. >> >> 1. Just checked Pages & Numbers and they both appear similar to LC. >> >> 2. Then checked TextEdit and that appears the same as Filemaker. >> >> The rendering of the text in Filemaker & TextEdit appears to my poor >> eyesight to be more black (if that is possible). >> My poor eyesight is the reason I notice this in the first place, because I >> have the same database in both LC & Filemaker. >> I prefer the scripting of LC to Filemaker but the display of the same table >> is much clearer in Filemaker for the same font (more blackness). >> >> Perhaps there is an anti alias setting or such like, that has not been >> implemented in LC. >> >> If so it would be good to get that option? >> >> There used to be (not sure if it’s there now) a terminal command >> >> defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO >> >> and probably others for this sort of thing. Perhaps they have to be >> implemented in app. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Terry >> >> >> >>> On 17 Dec 2019, at 17:54, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> 9.5.1 RC1 >>> >>>> On Dec 17, 2019, at 09:14 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> What version of LiveCode are you using. >>>> >>>> Older releases did not support the Retina display, but newer releases do. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
