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Font display between Textpad 7 & 8
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:58 pm
by ohaldi
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
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:58 pm
by ben_josephs
They are not the same font. The font in the main window is Courier New; the font in the TextPad 8 inset is Courier.
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:33 am
by ohaldi
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
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:39 pm
by ben_josephs
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.
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:00 am
by ohaldi
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
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 2:05 pm
by bbadmin
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?
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:15 am
by ohaldi
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
