Fonts in Dream Maker

ID:134406
 
Sep 4 2006, 4:39 am
BYOND Version: 3.5 Beta 6

Operating System: Windows XP

Web Browser: Firefox

Game/Hub(s): Not Applicale

Detailed Problem Description:
When I try to change the font on Dream Maker, they are always screwed up. THe only font I have seen to work on Dream Maker so far is Courier, the rest merge text, spaces become text, and a lot of other confusing and annoying problems. I'd like to use a different font, but Courier is the only one that seems to work.

Does the problem occur:
Every time? Or how often?
Yes

In other games?
Not Applicale

On other computers?
Dunno

In other user accounts?
Not Applicale
Sep 4 2006, 5:08 am
Polantaris wrote:
When I try to change the font on Dream Maker, they are always screwed up. THe only font I have seen to work on Dream Maker so far is Courier, the rest merge text, spaces become text, and a lot of other confusing and annoying problems. I'd like to use a different font, but Courier is the only one that seems to work.

This is not a bug.

In prior versions of BYOND, only monospace fonts could be selected for the editor. Now, it's more permissive so you can pick fonts that originally didn't show up but should have. The down side is, it lets you select variable-width fonts, but because it's not really designed to be used with them (it's a code editor after all) they confuse it. You're only supposed to use monospace fonts.

Courier is one such font. System is another. I currently use Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, 10 point. You can find more monospace fonts at dafont.com.

Lummox JR
Sep 4 2006, 5:40 am
In response to Lummox JR
How do I know if any of those fonts are monospace? Or are they all monospace?
Sep 5 2006, 2:35 pm
In response to Lummox JR
Lummox JR wrote:
This is not a bug.

In prior versions of BYOND, only monospace fonts could be selected for the editor. Now, it's more permissive so you can pick fonts that originally didn't show up but should have. The down side is, it lets you select variable-width fonts, but because it's not really designed to be used with them (it's a code editor after all) they confuse it. You're only supposed to use monospace fonts.

If I were a developer working on BYOND, I would call that behaviour a bug, but I would file it under "known issue" and leave it until it could be better fixed. =)