RE: Screen display driver

["Richard Combs" <richard.combs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ed Treijs [mailto:etreijs@algorithmics.com] wrote:

> I seem to remember that we can set the Frame WYSYWIG to 
> either screen font
> display or printer font display.  The kerning metrics work a 
> little bit
> differently, and the printer may be a better bet.  But I have 
> completely
> forgotten how to do this, and my search through the menus 
> reveals no such
> choice.

It's not in the interface. On Windows, it's in your maker.ini file, in
the [Fonts] section. You want this entry: 

   DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=On

By default, this is set to Off, which supposedly gives "nicer" spacing
of characters on screen (using "screen metrics" to control character
width/spacing). Setting it to On provides a more accurate representation
of line lengths when printed (using "printer metrics" for
width/spacing). 

If you sometimes wonder why Frame pushes a word to the next line when it
looks like there's plenty of room for it, that's the "screen metrics"
display fooling you. Change this setting to On, and you'll see that
there really isn't room for the word. 

HTH!
Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Voyant Technologies, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT voyanttechDOTcom
303-223-5111
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