HTMLPad Editor Font

davenz · Post by **davenz** » Sun May 04, 2008 3:41 am

Hi guys, this my first post here.

I have been using Blumentals tools for a few years now (RapidCSS first and then graduating to HTMLPad) but one thing bugs the bejingers out of me; the inability to select my favourite font (verdana or Calibri) in the Editor view. Instead, all I get are ugly-looking fonts to choose from and they are all terrible to work with. Please add the ability to choose a decent font; if I am to spend many hours looking at code I want it to look good to my eye - not the font some designer somewhere thinks is what I should like.

Other than that, it is fantastic software.

Dave.

mwb1100 · Post by **mwb1100** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:20 am

not the font some designer somewhere thinks is what I should like

I don't think it's an issue of what some designer thinks is good - I think the fonts are limited to fixed-width fonts. This is a common restriction in text editors, but maybe Karlis can expand on whether supporting proportional fonts is in the cards.

davenz · Post by **davenz** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:42 am

mwb1100 wrote:
not the font some designer somewhere thinks is what I should like
I don't think it's an issue of what some designer thinks is good - I think the fonts are limited to fixed-width fonts. This is a common restriction in text editors, but maybe Karlis can expand on whether supporting proportional fonts is in the cards.

Ah, that explains it, thanks. Mind you, just about every other editor I tried has this feature so maybe a later version might have it.

Thanks again.

Dave.

Post by **Karlis** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:53 pm

I'm afraid we do not plan to support other types of fonts. If you would like to do the coding in Verdana, you will have to switch to another tool. This is a technical limitation of the design and since 99% of developers are good with the present situation, because fixed fonts are the standard for programming, we do not plan to change it. I'm really hate to disappoint you

davenz · Post by **davenz** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:12 pm

Karlis wrote:I'm afraid we do not plan to support other types of fonts. If you would like to do the coding in Verdana, you will have to switch to another tool. This is a technical limitation of the design and since 99% of developers are good with the present situation, because fixed fonts are the standard for programming, we do not plan to change it. I'm really hate to disappoint you

Thanks for your honesty.

I just purchased Webuilder 08 so it isn't a deal-breaker, just ugly to look at.

Thanks again.

Dave.

Post by **syrupcore** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:32 am

Dave, there are a load of fixed width fonts out there. Maybe you can find something that works better for you.

http://www.lowing.org/fonts/ has a big list.

davenz · Post by **davenz** » Tue May 06, 2008 6:41 am

syrupcore wrote:Dave, there are a load of fixed width fonts out there. Maybe you can find something that works better for you.

http://www.lowing.org/fonts/ has a big list.

Thanks, I'll check these out.

Dave.

Post by **syrupcore** » Wed May 07, 2008 12:16 am

I've been using consolas for about 6 months now. works great, looks beautiful.

davenz · Post by **davenz** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:33 am

syrupcore wrote:I've been using consolas for about 6 months now. works great, looks beautiful.

Cheers, I'm checking it now.

edit: You're right, it is a beautiful font. Thanks man, I'll be using it from now on.

Dave.

Post by **Gatis** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:53 am

Thanks, syrupcore, the font seems really good!