Anti-aliased text on Windows?

Chipp Walters chipp at chipp.com
Sat Jun 5 11:40:27 EDT 2004


Terry,

If your XP computer displayed antialiased text and you're not seeing it 
on you Rev App then chances are you're using the default font for RunRev.

Try putting in the msg:

set the textfont of stack "yourStackNameHere" to tahoma

you should see the antialiased fonts appear instantly.

-Chipp

Terry Vogelaar (de Mare) wrote:

> Hi all,
> Being a Mac user, I was surprised to see the text in my Rev made 
> application without the soft edges I expected to see. Since it is a 
> program to display text on an LCD projector, I was kinda disappointed. I 
> asked a very experienced Windows user that admitted he didn't knew what 
> anti-aliased text was. For all who don't know either: see the following 
> link for a quick explanation.
> http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/graphics/antialias.php3
> 
> It is an OpenType Postscript font displayed on a Win98 PC with Adobe 
> Type Manager 4.1 installed. Would using another Win version or other 
> type formats solve this problem?
> 
> Of course I could convert every text into a graphic, but since it 
> handles a lot of text on thousands of cards, that would not be an 
> elegant solution.
> 
> Terry
> 
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