ASTDan Posted February 10, 2010 Report Posted February 10, 2010 Hello, I was wondering what fixed width or monospaced font people like to use. Thanks Dan Quote
hooovahh Posted February 10, 2010 Report Posted February 10, 2010 Hello, I was wondering what fixed width or monospaced font people like to use. Thanks Dan I've never used a fixed width or monospaced font, other than in Notepad where it is Lucida Console 10 point by default. Why would I need a fixed point font? In LabVIEW you can calculate the width of a string based on its font and style, it's been discussed here a couple times. Quote
ASTDan Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Posted February 10, 2010 I've never used a fixed width or monospaced font, other than in Notepad where it is Lucida Console 10 point by default. Why would I need a fixed point font? In LabVIEW you can calculate the width of a string based on its font and style, it's been discussed here a couple times. Because I have a feature request to fix the size of my sting control to X amount of characters. So I want to have a static string control size but need to be able to enter whatever characters I want. I am thinking a fixed width font would do nicely. Quote
crelf Posted February 10, 2010 Report Posted February 10, 2010 Courrier and Courrier New are decent standards (they usually come preinstalled with most OSes) - anything else usually requires the font to be installed along with your app. Quote
ASTDan Posted February 11, 2010 Author Report Posted February 11, 2010 Courrier and Courrier New are decent standards (they usually come preinstalled with most OSes) - anything else usually requires the font to be installed along with your app. Yeah I have been looking courrier. However it looks like the font from Wargames. Quote
Christian_L Posted February 11, 2010 Report Posted February 11, 2010 Yeah I have been looking courrier. However it looks like the font from Wargames. Courier is the old typewriter font as typewriters are always monospace. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface#Monospaced_typefaces Monaco is a more modern monospace font that is commonly found on Macs. Lucida Console is another monospace font that is often available on Windows. Quote
hooovahh Posted February 11, 2010 Report Posted February 11, 2010 Yeah I have been looking courrier. However it looks like the font from Wargames. "SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?" (sorry for all caps but I think it was appropriate). Quote
Grampa_of_Oliva_n_Eden Posted February 11, 2010 Report Posted February 11, 2010 "SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?" (sorry for all caps but I think it was appropriate). I can still hear the voice as I read that. Fast forward (Paraphrasing) >>> "It appears the only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?" Ben Quote
ASTDan Posted February 11, 2010 Author Report Posted February 11, 2010 I can still hear the voice as I read that. Fast forward (Paraphrasing) >>> "It appears the only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?" Ben Ally Sheedy will always have a special place in my heart. You can get the girl by knowing something about computers. Quote
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