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Hi,

There must be something simple I'm overlooking... a stack that I'm developing (primarily on my Mac) appears to have blurry text (not crisp) when I open the stack on a PC (still in the IDE). The application is not intended for use on a portable device.

I've tried changing the font to something generic like Arial or Tahoma on the PC, but this does not resolve anything. Any notion as to why this is happening? New stacks I create on the PC look fine.

See a screen capture of a new stack (on the PC), and the problem on the right, both Arial 12. Thanks,

JStarkman
Toronto, ON

This is a long-standing and well documented issue: Windows is awful.

Craig Newman

Hi Craig,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I know windows is awful. No argument from me there, but unfortunately, my target audience is mainly Win. What I don't understand is why it's not always awful. Why can I create a perfectly fine looking stack starting from Windows, but when I try to open the code from a stack file created on my Mac, I can't get it to look good? Is there some workaround to get my hard work to appear decent? Do I need to recreate my cards on the Windows machine?

Joel

I do not want to waste any more of your time, so I can only say that one of the reasons Windows is awful is that, as you say, it is not always awful.

But now you need someone who knows something useful for you.

Craig

Did you try to copy the font file? This trick usually works on mobile, so it could work also on PC.
See http://livecodeitalia.blogspot.it/2015/ ... droid.html

What you write, JStarkman, is worrying; I actually posted a topic on this issue and I thought the problem was solved.
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.ph ... 4&p=122954
BTW, the link provided is interesting, thanks MaxV.

Regards, Jean-Paul.

You can find some more infos here:
Reference Sheet: Cross-platform Fonts from Jacqueline

Regards, Jean-Paul.