On 05.10.2010 21:32, nullPointer wrote:
First: Exists a "correct" way for register a font in Pharo Image? Now I drag and drop a font in World, and then that font is choosable, but the visual quality is little bit poor, blured. I ´m using MACOSX When dragging and dropping, you are actually importing a TTCFont instance. This is rendered using balloon canvas, which (IIRC) does b-w shape inclusion when painting glyph shapes to a morph, then applies basic anti-aliasing. Which means it will be a bit poor and blurred for small font sizes, where glyph shape widths are usually < 1 pixel wide.
The "correct" way to do it, is in the World menu going to System->settings, then in the settings browser appearance->standard fonts->Update fonts from system. The fonts found in default locations on the machine (as well as found in a Fonts subfolder, see 1.0) will then be added to your choices. The fonts you get this way is rendered using the external Freetype-library, which usually leads to somewhat higher quality. (at the cost of being slower) If no new fonts show up, it means your VM does not include a (working) Freetype plugin, however all of the recommended ones on the Pharo website do. For examples of importing a font of the same quality as Bitmap DejaVu, which is stored internally in the image and can be used across platforms, search the list for Juan Vuletich's description of how he does it.
Second. With the new font added I go to Settings for change the default font of list, buttons etc But I can´t select a size between 9 and 12 points; that´s normal?
Thanks for the help and patience. Yes, that's normal. The sizes created when using the DropHandler can be found and modified in TTCFont class >> #fontSizes.
Cheers, Henry