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#1 2008-09-17 16:02:42
Helvetica Bold and other font issues
So, Scratch decided to set the default font to Helvetica Bold. You may want to think twice about this - my computer does not have the font "helvetica". Yet, somehow, the font turned to some random generic font. Also, webdings and wingdings doesn't work, and neither does Tunga or Vrinda (that's like, all of the fonts on my computer, so my fonts are pretty well limited to generic fonts.) Also, some fonts (adolescense, Fallstaff Festival, etc.) aren't showing up on the list.
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#2 2008-09-28 22:32:06
Re: Helvetica Bold and other font issues
Hi, Coolstuff.
Thanks for the report about the fonts on your system.
Scratch 1.3 switched to using Unicode rendering to support non-Western languages. I'm still learning about some of the fine points of using Unicode rendering, and fonts is one of those areas. I believe that some some fonts just don't support Unicode and should not appear in the font list -- webdings in in that category, and perhaps Fallstaff Festival is as well. But I'm not really sure why Webdings shows up in the font menu while Fallstaff Festival doesn't.
I hope we will manage to fix some of these issues in the next release.
-- John
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#3 2011-08-25 15:49:48
Re: Helvetica Bold and other font issues
Also,I Have A Font Called"Script" And It Won't Show Up.
Last edited by mrsrec (2011-08-25 15:49:58)
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