AW: advice for textfont needed

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Hi Jacqueline,
thank you for your clearifying explanation.
Yes I am on windows. Now I know what has happened.Though I wonder, why the
engine has set "Lucida" in the fields property and not has inheriteded it to
the field in runtime. And why it has choosen Lucida at all, because it's not
my windows standard font. But probably I shouldn't think about that, now I
know how to handle it.
Thank you
Tiemo

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
Auftrag
> von J. Landman Gay
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Januar 2013 18:58
> An: How to use LiveCode
> Betreff: Re: advice for textfont needed
> 
> On 1/15/13 11:10 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
> 
> > 1.       I don't know from where these fields inherited this font,
> because
> > stack and card don't have a font definition either. Ok, probably it
> > wasn't a good idea not to set a font. Is it something new coming as
> > default from the engine?
> 
> The change was to disconnect the font property from the other text
> settings. Before, if you changed the font, all the styles and other
> properties reverted to their defaults. Now if you change the font, any
text
> styles will remain in effect. I like that. It is how MetaCard used to work
> originally.
> 
> If no font is set in the card or stack, it will inherit the font from the
> IDE, which sets the font to the system default. In a standalone, it will
> inherit from the mainstack. If there is no font set in the mainstack, the
> system font is used.
> 
> >
> > 2.       Is that wanted and standard that every field must have a
> textfont
> > assigned and may not left empty or is that a bug?
> 
> Not a bug, and you don't need to set the font on every field. Just set the
> font of the stack and all objects that display text in that stack will
> inherit.
> 
> >
> > 3.       Why is Lucida choosen and not Tahoma anymore, as it seemed to
be
> > the default in the past? Is it a change by runrev or a bug?
> 
> Fields have always inherited their properties according to the object
> hierarchy. Are you sure Tahoma wasn't set somewhere? It has never been
> the default except in some versions of Windows. What may have happened
> is that you were developing on Windows and set some text styles in
> fields. With the old method, that would also set the font, which would
> transfer over to Mac.
> 
> >
> > 4.       If you don't set a font or size on field level, from where do
> they
> > inherit these informations, if you also didn't set them on card or stack
> > level?
> 
> See above -- from the IDE Home stack or the OS.
> 
> >
> > 5.       Is there any advice which font you should use as default for
> most
> > win-mac compatibility?
> >
> > 6.       Is there any reason not using Tahoma anymore for Win and Mac?
> 
> I think Tahoma should work, but users often prefer to see the system
> font because they are used to it. Helvetica is used a lot too. I think
> it is your choice. I'm not sure all Mac users have Tahoma installed, but
> probably most do.
> 
> 
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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