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Re: New Font
« Reply #7 on: Mar 16th, 2015, 1:14pm » |
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While messing about I decided to 'Set Font' - I fancied a change. I had been using Courier New, regular, 12 point. Deciding that the other fonts weren't as clear I picked Courier New again, but the appearance was different: much finer/washed out, if you like.
I've tried virtually every font & style & size but I can't recover the original.
I am using Windows 8.1 on the same machine I originally downloaded BB4W to, I have v6.00a(full) & v5.94a(trial) and the font appears the same on both.
As a bit of extra info, Courier New (regular, 12 point) appears different on BB4W and Word 2013. Also, the font "BBCWin" used to appear on the Word fonts list but is now not there; have the BB4W fonts moved?
Can anyone explain the difference? And possibly advise me on how to recover the original appearance?
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Re: New Font
« Reply #8 on: Mar 16th, 2015, 2:14pm » |
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on Mar 16th, 2015, 1:14pm, Joe68 wrote:| As a bit of extra info, Courier New (regular, 12 point) appears different on BB4W and Word 2013. |
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Don't take any notice of how it appears in Word, which does font rendering in its own special way. If you want to check the font in another application, choose something simple like Notepad.
Note that BB4W disables ClearType because that can interfere with the Uniscribe API that is used to render the editor pane (see my earlier post on that subject).
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Again, don't take too much notice of what Word says; for example it may list only TrueType and OpenType fonts. To check what fonts are installed use Control Panel; here (Windows 8.1) BBCWin is listed, in fact it appears as BBCWin Extra Bold!
To restore the BB4W editor font to its default state simply select the Use System Fixed Font checkbox; that setting causes the other selections (font, style and size) to be disabled and ignored.
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Re: New Font
« Reply #9 on: Mar 16th, 2015, 4:52pm » |
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Thanks Richard for your rapid reply.
I (now) understand that Word does its own thing (unusual for Microsoft  ).
I tried your suggestions - checked the font in Notepad and it appears as normal, also BBCWin font is listed here.
A simple program to show Courier New 12-point in the output window gives the display I am used to.
I have tried rebooting the computer, going to BB4W system fixed font and back again, and everything else you have suggested and I can think of, but Courier New remains the same in the Editor window.
I know this is a very minor point, and everything else works perfectly, I just found Courier New particularly easy on the eye when programming and I was hoping to understand what had changed (even if I could not correct it).
Cheers.
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Re: New Font
« Reply #10 on: Mar 16th, 2015, 5:24pm » |
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on Mar 16th, 2015, 4:52pm, Joe68 wrote:| I just found Courier New particularly easy on the eye |
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On this Windows 8.1 laptop I'm using Courier New 11pt Bold. Without the bold setting it's a bit 'thin' (partly because of ClearType being off).
Many people think ClearType is awful, but if you actually prefer it (and don't worry about or don't notice the highlighting problem) the cheat is to set the editor font using your trial version of v5.94 or v5.95 rather than v6.00!
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Re: New Font
« Reply #11 on: Mar 17th, 2015, 1:19pm » |
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Thanks again Richard.
I tried previously to get back to my preferred Courier New 12 point on v5.94a(trial) and it didn't work.
After reading your reply I tried again and it worked, also correct on v6.00a(full).
(I'm not sure why it wouldn't work first time but work on second try.)
Cheers 
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