[oXygen-user] Fixed-width font

[George Cristian Bina]

Hi,

 From what we tested the fonts in Java do not look the same as in native
applications. For example setting a Courier New in oXygen and playing
with all the anti-aliasing options available gives a different rendering
than setting the same font in a native application. Our general feeling
was that the monospaced fonts set in Java are uglier :) thus the 
decision to use a different type of font.
On Mac there was an issue with the fonts that forced the usage of a 
fixed-width font:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64

Please note that once you set a font that should be taken automatically 
by new versions of oXygen when you upgrade from a version to another.

Best Regards,
George
-- 
George Cristian Bina
<oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger
http://www.oxygenxml.com

Andrew Welch wrote:
>> Yes, and more, oXygen allows you to configure not only the editor font but
>> also the font for UI controls. See Options->Preferences -- Fonts.
> 
> Out of interest, why isn't the default font not a monospaced font??
> 
> I don't know what other people use with oXygen, but the first thing I
> do is switch to a fixed width font (monospaced size 12) otherwise
> single quotes within double quotes (eg select="'some text'") really
> strain your eyes.
> 
> The font for the editor in Netbeans is monospaced by default, and I
> think most other IDEs are, which is why it's a little unusual for the
> default font to not be monospaced...
> 
>