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ID:185428 Feb 4 2006, 10:33 pm
Xooxer	I just found this nifty little font called Triskweline while browsing around. It's a fixed-width, or mono-spaced font specially designed with programmers in mind. If you're sick and tired of Courier, try this. It's made with readability in mind and contains all the important symbols and Latin-1 characters. http://www.netalive.org/tinkering/triskweline/ ~X

Feb 4 2006, 10:48 pm
Leftley	Blarg! I'll give up my serifs when you pry them out of my cold, dead hands!

Feb 4 2006, 11:04 pm
Crispy	Nice idea, but the fact that it only works at 10pt kills it for me. With my resolution, I need 12pt at least.

Feb 4 2006, 11:38 pm

In response to Crispy

Xooxer

Erm, perhaps reading the whole disclaimer would be in order. :\

* The TrueType TTF version of Triskweline only works at size 10 pt, which should do for your programming editor of choice. However, printing will look funny, as will using the font in word processors like Word or drawing tools like Corel Draw. If your editor supports it, prefer the pixel-font versions of Triskweline (.FON or .PCF).

Feb 4 2006, 11:41 pm In response to Xooxer
Nadrew	DM only allows the use of 10 point with the font for some reason.

Feb 5 2006, 12:23 am In response to Nadrew
Xooxer	Well that's not really the font's fault. Other sizes are there. Maybe it's some odd bug in DM.

Feb 5 2006, 2:54 am

Ben G

Xooxer wrote:

I just found this nifty little font called Triskweline while browsing around. It's a fixed-width, or mono-spaced font specially designed with programmers in mind. If you're sick and tired of Courier, try this. It's made with readability in mind and contains all the important symbols and Latin-1 characters.

http://www.netalive.org/tinkering/triskweline/

~X

I really, really like the way this looks.

Good find!

Feb 5 2006, 11:03 am
Dareb	Glad your back man, just wanted to shove that in somewhere without bumping an old post.

Feb 5 2006, 11:11 am

XxDohxX

Xooxer wrote:

I just found this nifty little font called Triskweline while browsing around. It's a fixed-width, or mono-spaced font specially designed with programmers in mind. If you're sick and tired of Courier, try this. It's made with readability in mind and contains all the important symbols and Latin-1 characters.

http://www.netalive.org/tinkering/triskweline/

~X

It gives me an error that the .zip is invalid or corrupt...anyway around this?

-Doh

Feb 5 2006, 11:42 am In response to XxDohxX
Xooxer	Try re-downloading it? I don't know. It works fine for me. ~X

Feb 5 2006, 2:44 pm In response to Xooxer
Flame Sage	Nice Font. I'm using it from now on.

Feb 5 2006, 3:03 pm
XxDohxX	Erm, how exactly...do I use it? -Doh

Feb 5 2006, 3:13 pm In response to XxDohxX
Xooxer	Download the .zip file and extract it to your hard drive. Then move the font file to your /Windows/Fonts folder, and Windows will automatically install it for you. Then just open a project in Dream Maker, and go to Options -> Code Preferences... and change the Font to Triskweline. I don't know the procedure for other operating systems. ~X

Feb 5 2006, 3:14 pm In response to Xooxer
XxDohxX	I did this, and well, it doesn't work. Does it change that I unzipped straight to that folder? Or does it not?

Feb 5 2006, 3:18 pm In response to XxDohxX
Xooxer	I unzipped mine to my desktop, then cut and pasted the font file to the folder. Windows may not recognize the change if you just extract it there.

Feb 5 2006, 3:19 pm In response to Xooxer
XxDohxX	Xooxer wrote: I unzipped mine to my desktop, then cut and pasted the font file to the folder. Windows may not recognize the change if you just extract it there. I did the same thing, again, and it still didn't work. Wonder where I am going wrong?

Feb 5 2006, 5:11 pm In response to Xooxer
Nadrew	You can also select 'fonts' from the control panel and click 'install font' in the file menu.

Feb 5 2006, 6:39 pm In response to Xooxer
Lummox JR	Xooxer wrote: Well that's not really the font's fault. Other sizes are there. Maybe it's some odd bug in DM. Likely it's a setting in the font file saying which sizes are "available". Lummox JR

Feb 5 2006, 6:43 pm In response to Crispy
Lummox JR	Crispy wrote: Nice idea, but the fact that it only works at 10pt kills it for me. With my resolution, I need 12pt at least. Agreed. Lummox JR

Feb 5 2006, 6:45 pm

In response to Xooxer

Lummox JR

Xooxer wrote:

Erm, perhaps reading the whole disclaimer would be in order. :\

* The TrueType TTF version of Triskweline only works at size 10 pt, which should do for your programming editor of choice. However, printing will look funny, as will using the font in word processors like Word or drawing tools like Corel Draw. If your editor supports it, prefer the pixel-font versions of Triskweline (.FON or .PCF).

Note that that paragraph doesn't actually tell you if the font supports other sizes. On experimenting with the .fon file, I can tell you for sure: It doesn't. You can use 10 or any multiple thereof.

Lummox JR

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