More Crossplatform Text Agony

[Richmond Mathewson]

Yuck, an old chestnut.  My experience, unfortunately, is that text sizes 
and styles
just don't move properly cross-platform as they are in some way tied to 
the font
that was chosen on the original platform. Therefore when I do stuff for 
a platform
I either develop on that platform, or if that isn't feasible, transfer 
the original stack
to the target platform and . . . you guessed it . . . reset all the text 
settings for every
******** text box via the preferences palette, prior to compiling the 
standalone.

Scott Rossi wrote:
> OK, in Rev 3.5, I create a brand new stack, let's say on OS X.  I add a
> control, let's say a tab control, and set its text size and style.  Now when
> I move the stack to Vista or XP, the text of the tab control takes on some
> default setting that I can't change.  Looking in the Text menu or using the
> message box, the textsize/style is reported as being the same as my original
> styling, but the appearance of the tab control is incorrect and won't
> update. Using the Text menu or by script I am unable to modify the text
> appearance.
>
> Looking through custom properties of the stack/card with "Revolution UI
> elements..." enabled in Preferences doesn't appear to show any custom
> properties set for text.
>
> WTF?  Even on newly created stacks with minimal text formatting, the
> settings don't carry over across platforms, and won't update.
>
> go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/tabtest.rev"
>
> I created a test stack with the above tab control, and a slider that changes
> the text size.  The stack works as expected on OS X where it was created,
> but refuses to update here on Vista & XP.  Is this problem exclusive to my
> systems?  Does anyone else ever run into these issues?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
>
>
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