home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!decwrl!concert!samba!usenet
- From: Todd_Lewis@unc.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: User preferred FONT support?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.152545.17053@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 15:25:45 GMT
- References: <25440015@hpsad.sad.hp.com>
- Sender: usenet@samba.oit.unc.edu
- Organization: UNC Office of Information Technology
- Lines: 25
- Nntp-Posting-Host: guitar.oit.unc.edu
-
- In article <25440015@hpsad.sad.hp.com> kevint@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Kevin
- Taddeucci) writes:
- >
- >I am attempting to support the users default fonts [...]
-
- Good for you!
-
- >The problem [...] happens when the point size begins to reach about 13 or
- >14 and I don't really have the option of opening a bigger window since
- >the window is already 640 pixels wide.
- >[...H]ow do I handle this problem and still follow C='s
- >guidelines of supporting user preferred fonts?
- >Should I only allow the user a maximum size and supply my own defaults if
- >the size is exceeded?
-
- Try to make the window larger. If users are silly enough to be using
- giant fonts, they may be using a giant Workbench screen too.
-
- If that fails, you have to either limit the maximum size or refuse to
- run. If you refuse to run, you should at least tell the user that
- your program can't fit on the user's selected screen with the user's
- selected fonts. Make sure she knows it's her problem and not the
- application's problem.
- --
- Todd M. Lewis / Todd_Lewis@unc.edu / utoddl@guitar.oit.unc.edu
-