Font display between Textpad 7 & 8

ohaldi · Post by **ohaldi** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:58 pm

Hello,

I just updated to Texpad 8. Now when I load a file with the same font, same script, then I don't get the same look.

See here my Hardcopy:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tywkj3qudmj7i ... 8.png?dl=0

What are the possible causes?

Many thanks for your help
Otto

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:58 pm

They are not the same font. The font in the main window is Courier New; the font in the TextPad 8 inset is Courier.

ohaldi · Post by **ohaldi** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:33 am

Many thanks for your help
No, I have the same font on both version of TextPad!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c8iwku85u3ot5 ... t.png?dl=0
Same font information in Properties!
Courrier New 10, OEM/DOS

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:39 pm

No, they are not the same font. You may have selected Courier New, but that is not Courier New; it is Courier. Perhaps you do not have Courier New installed and Windows has substituted a similar font.

ohaldi · Post by **ohaldi** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:00 am

your are right! I have a strange problem with Textpad 8 on Windows 10.
If I change, the font, nothing change!
On the same PC, I still have Textpad 7. Here I can change the font without problem. I uninstalled and reinstalled the version 8, but I still can't change the font! I have to search about the possible causes.
Thanks for your help
Otto

Post by **bbadmin** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 2:05 pm

I see that you've set the font script to OEM/DOS. In TextPad 7, this controls the interpretation of the code page of 8-bit characters, but is ignored in TextPad 8, as internally everything is in UTF-16 and the conversion to and from OEM/DOS is performed when the file is read and written.

For example, if you load a file in TextPad 7 containing DOS line drawing characters, but select the Western font script, those characters will be drawn with the glyphs for the characters with the same numeric value in the ANSI code page. There are very few fonts, such as Terminal, which implement the DOS script.

Does that explanation help?

ohaldi · Post by **ohaldi** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:15 am

Hello,

I can understand the the TP8 ignore the OEM/DOS font.
But why, when I open one old TP7 file, I can't change the font!
If I go to Properties windows, TAB font, change something, click to apply or OK, nothing happened! With TP7 no problem, every thing work well.

Regards
Otto