Thanks to some input from Troy at IDM, I learned something that may be of interest to other users...
Previously, I had made the assumption (and some research on the web suggests many others have too) that with regard to fonting, monospaced and fixed pitch meant the same thing... BUT THEY DON'T - monospaced means each glyph occupies the same space (regardless of its "visual" width), fixed pitch means that regardless of the style (bold, italic, etc.) the glyph occupies the same space (as the normal style glyph). Thus Courier New is BOTH monospaced and fixed pitch, while Lucida Console (the problematic font) is only monospaced.
Now that I understand the difference, I can proceed with confidence...
IDM may wish to make the message on the Syntax Highlighting page clearer about the distinction.
BTW, if you mark the [x] Use OEM fixed pitch font check box, you get the Terminal font which is actually NOT fixed pitch... I tried it...
The Dina font is also both monospaced and fixed pitch. Can anybody suggest a proportional fixed pitch font?
What about other monospaced fixed pitch fonts - they're useful for syntax highlighting...
The message from Troy...
Hello Paolo,
Thank you for your message. This is a known issue with certain fonts. This is indicated in relation to syntax highlighting under Advanced ->
Configuration -> Editor Display -> Syntax Highlighting. It's not something that UltraEdit is doing incorrectly, but a result of the sizes of characters used for some non-fixed pitch fonts.
Thanks, Troy
Paolo Cantoni wrote:
Related to the previous bolded syntax highlighting is that if you DO have a bolded font, sometimes when you select stuff, the underlying unbolded font has a different pitch and so you aren't actually selecting what you think you are. I would have thought that if you highlight the selection, the bolding and italicization should remain the same, only the background should change, but it appears that this is not the case. Consequently, if you are using a proportional spaced font, you may experience problems.
Previously, I had made the assumption (and some research on the web suggests many others have too) that with regard to fonting, monospaced and fixed pitch meant the same thing... BUT THEY DON'T - monospaced means each glyph occupies the same space (regardless of its "visual" width), fixed pitch means that regardless of the style (bold, italic, etc.) the glyph occupies the same space (as the normal style glyph). Thus Courier New is BOTH monospaced and fixed pitch, while Lucida Console (the problematic font) is only monospaced.
Now that I understand the difference, I can proceed with confidence...
IDM may wish to make the message on the Syntax Highlighting page clearer about the distinction.
BTW, if you mark the [x] Use OEM fixed pitch font check box, you get the Terminal font which is actually NOT fixed pitch... I tried it...
The Dina font is also both monospaced and fixed pitch. Can anybody suggest a proportional fixed pitch font?
What about other monospaced fixed pitch fonts - they're useful for syntax highlighting...
The message from Troy...
Hello Paolo,
Thank you for your message. This is a known issue with certain fonts. This is indicated in relation to syntax highlighting under Advanced ->
Configuration -> Editor Display -> Syntax Highlighting. It's not something that UltraEdit is doing incorrectly, but a result of the sizes of characters used for some non-fixed pitch fonts.
Thanks, Troy
Paolo Cantoni wrote:
Related to the previous bolded syntax highlighting is that if you DO have a bolded font, sometimes when you select stuff, the underlying unbolded font has a different pitch and so you aren't actually selecting what you think you are. I would have thought that if you highlight the selection, the bolding and italicization should remain the same, only the background should change, but it appears that this is not the case. Consequently, if you are using a proportional spaced font, you may experience problems.
There is no such thing as an inconsistently correct system...
Therefore, aim for consistency; in the expectation of reaching correctness!
Therefore, aim for consistency; in the expectation of reaching correctness!
