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Which font to use.. |
Mon, Dec 14 2009 5:14 AM | Permanent Link |
Aliz | Hi All,
Which font do you guys recommend for using within developed apps - running from xp to windows 7? Tahoma (default in XP?) , Arial or Segoe UI (default in Vista/7?). Also i am interested in how you design your forms, so the application looks the "same" on all OS's and screen resolutions? Thanks in advance, Hüseyin A. |
Tue, Dec 15 2009 7:20 AM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Hüseyin,
<< Which font do you guys recommend for using within developed apps - running from xp to windows 7? >> Check out the ElevateDB Manager source code in the ElevateDB Additional Software and Utilities. It deals with all of these issues and works with D7 through D2010. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com |
Tue, Dec 15 2009 8:20 AM | Permanent Link |
Roy Lambert NLH Associates Team Elevate | Tim
>Check out the ElevateDB Manager source code in the ElevateDB Additional >Software and Utilities. It deals with all of these issues and works with >D7 through D2010. Interesting suggestion - I'll have a look at that myself. The problem I seem to be facing is heavily populated and organised forms mixed with widescreen notebooks at 1280x800 resolution. What seems to influence the display (according to my tests so far) is: font OS screen resolution component displaying font hardware As the saying goes Arrrrrgh Roy Lambert |
Wed, Dec 16 2009 10:55 AM | Permanent Link |
Aliz | Hi Tim,
Welcome back Thanks, i'll checkout the source code for EDB Manager. Regards, Hüseyin Tim Young [Elevate Software] wrote: > Hüseyin, > > << Which font do you guys recommend for using within developed apps - > running from xp to windows 7? >> > > Check out the ElevateDB Manager source code in the ElevateDB > Additional Software and Utilities. It deals with all of these > issues and works with D7 through D2010. |
Sat, Dec 19 2009 7:39 AM | Permanent Link |
Uli Becker | Tim,
> Check out the ElevateDB Manager source code in the ElevateDB Additional > Software and Utilities. It deals with all of these issues and works with > D7 through D2010. You mean this e.g.? procedure CheckFont(Form: TForm); begin {$IFNDEF D12ORHIGHER} with Form do begin if IsVista then Font.Name:='Segoe UI'; end; {$ENDIF} end; How about a user who change the font-settings because he doesn't like 'Segoe UI'? I changed everything to 'Tahoma' e.g., because I don't like the combination of ClearType and Segoie UI. Regards Uli |
Sat, Dec 19 2009 8:09 AM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Uli,
<< How about a user who change the font-settings because he doesn't like 'Segoe UI'? I changed everything to 'Tahoma' e.g., because I don't like the combination of ClearType and Segoie UI. >> We use Tahoma with Windows XP, no matter what, so it's not like we're treating Vista any different. We're simply selecting the default Windows UI font for use with the EDB Manager, depending upon the Windows version in use. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com |
Sat, Dec 19 2009 8:28 AM | Permanent Link |
Uli Becker | Tim,
> We use Tahoma with Windows XP, no matter what, so it's not like we're > treating Vista any different. We're simply selecting the default Windows UI > font for use with the EDB Manager, depending upon the Windows version in > use. That's ok. How about a menu item just to select another font for the whole application (except the editor off course)? I don't know if I am alone, but Segoe UI is displayed always a bit diffuse and blurred under Windows7 even with Cleartype switched off. Especially in EDB-Manager with its table-views Tahoma without ClearType looks much better for me. For those who are interested in completely getting rid of Segoe UI in Windows7, here the registry hacks (you have to logout and login once after the change): << Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "Segoe UI (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes] "Segoe UI"="Tahoma" >> And to go back to Segoe UI: << Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "Segoe UI (TrueType)"="segoeui.ttf" "Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"="segoeuib.ttf" "Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuii.ttf" "Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuiz.ttf" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes] "Segoe UI"=- >> Regards Uli |
Sun, Dec 20 2009 12:57 AM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Uli,
<< That's ok. How about a menu item just to select another font for the whole application (except the editor off course)? >> Actually, you'll notice that the IFDEF is for Delphi 2007 or lower: {$IFNDEF D12ORHIGHER} for Delphi 2009 and higher, the EDB Manager will simply use whatever font is being used, by default, by the VCL/Windows (or the EDB Manager). We specify Tahoma for the font for the EDB Manager, but I can't remember if Vista will substitue Segoe UI or not under Vista, so I'll have to double-check on this. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com |
Sun, Dec 20 2009 3:56 AM | Permanent Link |
Uli Becker | Tim,
> Actually, you'll notice that the IFDEF is for Delphi 2007 or lower: > {$IFNDEF D12ORHIGHER} True, I missed that. > for Delphi 2009 and higher, the EDB Manager will simply use whatever font is > being used, by default, by the VCL/Windows (or the EDB Manager). We specify > Tahoma for the font for the EDB Manager, but I can't remember if Vista will > substitue Segoe UI or not under Vista, so I'll have to double-check on this. It's interesting: EDB Manager under Windows7 always uses Segoe UI, but after just recompiling EDB Manager without any changes it uses Tahoma. But please don't lose time with this. It's not that important. Best regards Uli |
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