Dark Thoughts Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I've downloaded a Star Trek Font that appears as it should in my MS Word list but in the PDN list, it is a blank space. I assume that for whatever reason, the text is in white instead of the normal black because I can still select it and use it in PDN as I would any other font. Is there a way to change the font title colors in the PDN Pulldown so it doesn't appear as a blank space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I doubt that's the problem. The problem is probably that the font's "leading" (height between the top of the glyph and the top of the line) is very tall. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Thoughts Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 Assuming that you're right... How do I correct the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 There's no way of editing the way fonts display in the drop-down list, regardless of why the problem exists. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Thoughts Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Not exactly what I wanted to hear but I appreciate the help and at least it is a minor issue at best. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Sometimes this happens because a font has glyphs which are "very tall" even if the glyphs which represent normal characters are at normal size. Consider math-related fonts: the glyphs that represent A-Z, a-z will be normal height. However, an integral sign or square-root may be very tall. Thus, the font system reports the "height" of the font based on that. Paint.NET currently clamps the height of the font drawn in the dropdown list. I'm working on a bunch of changes for v3.5 to improve this in many ways. However, you may end up with a different problem: your star trek font (or math font) may show up with its name vertically centered within a bunch of white space. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Thoughts Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thanks for the follow up Rick. Having it vertically centered amidst a large field of white doesn't sound like a viable solution either. With the modifications you are working on for 3.5, what are the chances of that happening with other font styles as well? Having one or possibly two may not be that bad, but if it creates numerous such instances, it could be more headache than it is worth. If that happened, it would probably mean deleting the troublesome fonts from my system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 At a certain point, the font is honestly in control of that. If it says it's "N" pixels tall, and the only thing I have to disprove that is heuristics (guessing), then it will get N pixels to sit on. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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