Standardize Font Appearance

[Bob Sneidar]

Great idea! I looked for a download link for the fonts, but all I can find are github links to the source code (I don't want to have to build out all the fonts if that's what that is) and other sources for font downloaders and synchs. Is there anywhere I can just download the OTF files? 

Bob S


> On Aug 30, 2022, at 17:36 , Tom Glod via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> THe only way to do this is to use google's web fonts and ship them with
> your project. It works well.
> To save you the trouble, Android requires the fonts to be in a "fonts"
> folder in the root folder of your projects.
> Or at least its what I read somewhere in the forums.
> 
> Cheers Bob
> 
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 7:21 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hmmm spoke to soon. I see Start Using Font in the dictionary. I'll explore.
>> 
>> Bob S
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 30, 2022, at 16:12 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all.
>> 
>> I'm at the point now where I want to clean up the appearance of all my
>> projects across all platforms. For instance, I have a Time Calculator stack
>> that calculates total time for any number of start/stop/lunch entries. I
>> have heretofore left my field and label fonts at the default, which for
>> MacOS is <whateveritis>. But when I create a standalone for Windows, the
>> size of that text is larger, and so any labels I have overflow the label
>> and only show me part of the text.
>> 
>> What I want to do is set up my environment so that whatever font I use in
>> the MacOS uses, there is an identical font on the Windows side as well. I
>> know there is a way to embed fonts in a project, but I don't really
>> understand how that works.
>> 
>> If I use a font that exists in both Mac and Windows, a common web font for
>> instance, they do not look at all the same on both platforms. Verdana is a
>> good example. I am not averse to purchasing a font family or two and
>> statically setting my font, size and style for every object, so long as the
>> Windows and MacOS look (reasonably) the same.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Bob S
>> 
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