Some small changes
News | Rob Meek (meek) | March 9th, 2010
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We made some very small changes to the site today.
Firstly there is a new version of the FontStructor. There are a lot of technical changes under the hood, in preparation for future enhancements, but don’t get too excited, there are no new features in this version. A few minor bugs should be fixed though. In particular, an annoying issue where the FontStructor insisted that you had unsaved changes when in fact you didn’t should no longer occur.
There is also one tiny change to the preview widget. You can now look at fonts at multiple pixel resolutions. Click on the “PXL” button to go to pixel resolution, then shift-click to zoom x 2. Click again to zoom x 2 again etc. You can also alt-shift-click to get smaller (zoom x 0.5). You can use the same technique to zoom out further than was previously possible – useful for getting an overview of some of those giant FontStructions.
That’s about it.
As always if there are any problems with the changes, please let us know.
Awesome…the new zooming capability will be nice to have.
– aphoria — March 9, 2010 #
How you dream up these things, I can’t even fathom, but every change is so beautifully incorporated into the existing that it makes absolute sense…and once you try it, it feels so natural and transparent that you can’t imagine it didn’t exist before and are left wondering how you did without it all this time. Thanks.
But, we (I!) always want more.
–1. Could you please incorporate this same zoom functionality into the Fontstructor as well?
–2. I would like to have the option to toggle scroll-wheel zoom feature too. It is On all the time; I would like to turn it Off.
Thanks.
– thalamic — March 11, 2010 #
Rob, thanks very much for continuing to add new features to FontStruct and for enhancing those we already enjoy. I agree with aphoria regarding the expanded zoom function.
Also, it’s amazing how quickly you’re able to fix any problems that arise with the system!
You’ve given all of us so much pleasure. Kudos to you and your staff!
– fontcollector (aka Dan) — March 12, 2010 #
I second thalamic’s request to add the new zoom functionality to the previewer inside the font editor.
– aphoria — March 22, 2010 #
Thanks for the feedback on this. I’ll see what I can do about adding a similar functionality to the FontStructor preview.
– Rob Meek (meek) — March 23, 2010 #