Re: TAMEd XY4: Right fonts, wrong place

  • From: Jon Pareles <xywrite4@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:19:42 -0800 (PST)

I knew this would be hard to explain. 

Under View/General Options I un-checked Allow Proportional Fonts, so I only see 
the list of installed monospace fonts--which unfortunately doesn't include 
Verily Serif Mono, a very nice monospace font that apparently did not tell 
Windows it is monospace. C'est la vie.

So I get the list of installed monospace fonts. But if I choose Inconsolata or 
Aurulent or BpMono  I see the exact same onscreen font--except in the command 
line. Lucida Console and most others give me a different, more angular (like 
Futura) font.  There's a monospace Courier in there, very typewriter-esque. But 
the only place I can see it is in the command lines--not in the piece I'm 
writing, which shows the same font as Lucida Console. 

Change to View/General Options and check Allow Proportional Fonts and I can 
choose Verily Serif Mono. But it looks the same as Lucida Console--except in 
the command line. 

I know it's wacky. The problem is that every time I "upgrade" TAME, something 
else goes kerflooey. Obviously TAME can put these fonts where I'm writing the 
piece--it does on other computers. But this one....

JP 

> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:08:17 -0500
> From: Michael Norman <michael.norman@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: TAMEd XY4: Right fonts, wrong place
> 
> Jon,
> 
> Good to hear from you. If you left-mouse in the upper-left
> hand 
> corner you get a drop down dialog and go down to
> View->Text Font 
> where I get list that appears to include most of the fonts
> on my 
> system, including a courier I got just for XY, Fontcraft
> Courier. So 
> that list is only giving you three of the man mono fonts
> installed on 
> that particular computer? Did you check WIN to make sure
> you have the 
> same fonts installed on all the machines? Can't imagine why
> TAME 
> would discriminate on one machine and not on the others.
> What do you 
> think, Harry? NB: At this point, I've moved most of my work
> to NB. 
> Just waiting for their 32-bit version so I can get a new
> (64 bit) machine.
> 
> Michael Norman
> 
> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:53:54 -0800
> From: Harry Binswanger <hb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: TAMEd XY4: Right fonts, wrong place
> 
> Jon and Michael,
> 
> Each version of TAME has different menus, but if you right
> click on an 
> area, command line or text, do you see "Format of <color
> name> on <color 
> name>"? Then that creates a sub-menu that has "Font
> style" which, if you 
> put your cursor on it shows a sub-sub-menu, and I have
> "default" checked. 
> Maybe you can try that.
> 
> When I left click on the icon at the top left, as Michael
> suggests, I see 
> "View," which then gives a menu with "Primary font," which
> clicking on 
> gives all my fonts. I then use Lucida Console, Regular, 11
> point.

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