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jporkkahtc

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Minimap font selection
« on: August 20, 2018, 06:14:42 PM »
#1 I tried using "MS Outlook" font for minimap, but Slick doesn't appear to use it.
MSOutlook is all blocks - no actual letters.
But, when I zoom in a few times the text is quite readable - definitely not using this font.

I suspect that using a simple block font will make  a 1 or 2 pt font work well in the minimap.
No point in trying to draw letters - just blank or not blank.

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Also, in Tools > Options > Appearance > Fonts, the "Sample" doesn't work for minimap fonts when you set the font size > 2.

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Re: Minimap font selection
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2018, 06:18:45 PM »
Actually, it appears like the minimap doesn't use any font I choose - at least when the font size is > 2.
Maybe it does for size 1 and 2, but its kind of hard to tell.

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Re: Minimap font selection
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2018, 06:38:29 PM »
#1 Looks like the minimap is using "MS Outlook" unless you zoomin.

#2 Reproduced

The two bugs seem related. There are minor font attributes that we tweak for the minimap. Otherwise you wouldn't always be able to get small fonts. There's a possibility this can't be fixed. The minimap font MUST be scalable. Maybe we can put in more complex code to check if there actually is a reasonable font available. We'll see.

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Re: Minimap font selection
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2018, 11:53:18 PM »
This has been greatly improved. Some fonts on Windows still have to be overridden. Fixedsys isn't scalable at all. Terminal isn't scalable enough.
« Last Edit: August 20, 2018, 11:56:30 PM by Clark »