default font??

stefan · 5 Jun 2006

This is (was) a bug in the labelling modules in the toolbox. We obviously forgot to update the compressor module with the new versions.

electrogear · 27 Sept 2006

OK, here's a question. I'm a little confused about where SM gets the fonts from. I know you can change the font style by typing in a string and conencting it to the "styule" on the font module (e.g. arial, times new roman). I tried a common font that I use in word (Poor richard) but this didn't work. Does SM have it's own collection of fonts? If so, is there a list I can access to find out the best fonts to use? I was hoping to use normal text in SM for the logo/title for my synth, as I'm not so good with graphics programs.

Cheers,

Mike

Tom7777 · 27 Sept 2006

Im guessing it uses the font folder on your computer, the common ones like arial and times new roman will be on most computers running windows and probably on macs also, i know theres a standard set of fonts that basically every computer will have but i don't have a list sorry im sure someone will know though 😀

doug4350 · 28 Sept 2006

Hi electrogear,

Tom7777 is right. We must've been in sync @ the same time 🙂 . I was trying to fool with a basic osm to figure it out 'cause I need to learn this mystery section myself 🙂 . I gave up and hacked the example osm (the adornment labels). It doesn't appear to be case sensitive, good or bad... You need to use the "Font" primitive, and just add a string primitive to the "Face" connector. Surprisingly, if you misspell the font, no text will display. Normally, Windows will pick a closest match if there isn't an exact (including the font metrics [i.e. size, weight, style, etc.].)

A side note to all the forum surfers that fonts are copywritten. If you get a package with extra fonts, you're not allowed to distribute them without licensing. Best to stick to the standard Windows fonts as a special one on your machine may not be on Ms. Jones' machine.

You can also go to the \windows\fonts || \winnt\fonts folder where they are and double click on the one you're interested in to get more info on it.

As a debug tip, If you're not sure the font is kicking in, try WindDings 😀 . An oldy-moldy I know, but I'm always reminded of a story from tech support when this topic comes up that a user reported a font was too small, so the tech suggested changing all the fonts to that one 🙂 .

Aloha, Doug

rl · 28 Sept 2006

why not create your own fonts: custom font render engine example

doug4350 · 28 Sept 2006

why not create your own fonts:

That's a good idea too rl... Not something for the faint of heart though 🙂 . ATM, I think I'd rather write documentation 😀 😀 😀 . I've done some work towards that way back when writing some gaming s/w and moreso in the imaging s/w we have on the gravy train 🙂. For scaling, we cheated and used the Windows font routines to scale the font and return a bitmap to the scaled character. To do this, you'd need to (windows-wise) install your font of course, but a workaround for the problem in the thread.

I forgot to post last time too, that it'd be nice to have an alignment option for fonts (i.e. baseline, top and bottom) as well as horizontal alignment for strings (left, center and right). Probably a tall order, but I was reminded of a post of some problems with vertical/rotated text. I won't bother y'all with that now, 'cause I barely have enough time to put lipstick on a pig right now 🙂 .

Aloha, Doug