[wxPython-users] What is wx.Font pointSize?

[Christopher Barker]

Peter Damoc wrote:
> Some more details... I was trying to study for the implementation of a 
> "drawn" toolkit. Basic controls. I started with the buttons.
> I looked at the best, Apple HIG... I tried to use their suggestions of 
> 13 points font... BUT the buttons looked huge.

I think you've hit one of my pet peeves -- systems that let you specify 
font size in "points", where other stuff is in pixels. The truth is that 
points make no sense in computers -- you need to know how many dpi your 
display is -- but then, if you project on a  big screen, do you want 
your fonts 13/72 of an inch tall? of course not!

In your case, if the font is huge, it's probably because the system has 
the wrong dpi setting. Until we get fully scalable everything (has Apple 
achieved that?), try to use a pixel size to set fonts if you can.

> How would one draw consistent looking buttons, how would one align the 
> text in these buttons.

That's a bit tough, as wx only gives you crude DC.GetTextExtent -- and 
you can't draw text lined up at the baseline either.

Does GraphicsContext help this???

-Chris


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