Thanks Peter, I remember that happening too. This is a little different since it involves different formattedwidth in the same version of LC depending on whether the stack is run in the IDE or in a standalone. I guess I should file a bug report.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Peter Bogdanoff <bogdan...@me.com> wrote: > I saw that when moving my application from LC 6 to LC 7, Helvetica was > displaying wider. > > My bug report on the issue had this reply: > > "Unfortunately when we moved to Cocoa we were forced to move to use > CoreText rather than the (now ancient) QuickDraw APIs for drawing text. The > metrics of certain fonts when rendered with CoreText are different from > that of QuickDraw and as a result, you will see a difference when jumping > from < 6.7 to >= 6.7.” > > But I have no knowledge why you get varied results within LC 8. > > Peter > > > On Nov 18, 2015, at 9:43 AM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > > > I'm seeing a slight difference in the width of fields required to hold a > > given amount of text in the LC8 IDE and LC8 standalone. > > > > Using one field as an example, I displayed the effective font, size, and > > formatted width in the IDE and in the standalone. The font/size were > > Helvetica Neue/14 in both cases but the formatted width is 128 in the IDE > > and 138 in the standalone so the text is chopped off in the standalone. > > > > Anyone else seeing this? > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and > > SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
