[Newbies] What font do you use in macOS ?

[Tobias Pape]

> On 07.12.2019, at 09:15, Nicola Mingotti <nmingotti at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am quite happy with the font I can get in Unix but, paradoxically enough, I can't get what I want in macOS, where graphics usually is far better.
> 
> So, the point is, in macOS the only font I can see well (except for the Accu*) is the "Bitmap DejaVu Sans". I use it usually at "size" 12, but I would like to have it a little smaller, unfortunately the next available size is 9, which is too small for me. 
> 
> I tried to read all what I could on the web. As far as I understand Bitmap DejaVu Sans works better because it was "handmade". And for the same reason, to have it at a different pointsize it must be wholly handcrafted again each time.
> 
> TTF do not work well because we don't have a renderer inside Squeak, there appear to be external plugins to use Cairo, but I don't find them for macOS. 
> 
> (excuse my barbaric approximations, I am totally profane in the world of fonts). 
> 
> So my questions are:
> 
> What font do you use ? 
> 
> Are you able to get something good at different scales ? 
> I don't need multi-lang stuff, ASCII is enough. 
> 
> I could make another pointsize or two for the "Bitmap DejaVu Sans" but I need some point to start, some documentation or example. 
> 

Here's a starting point: https://github.com/krono/Squeak-Fonts
That's what I used to generate the current sizes of Bitmap DejaVu Sans.

Best regards
	-Tobias


> bye
> Nicola
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