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Seki
Seki

Reputation: 11465

How to use 'Consolas' as the coding font

I would like to change the font for code edition in a Squeak 4.3 image on windows OS, to use if possible the consolas font.

I found nothing in the preferences browser to do that easily. That SO question looked perfect, but none of the answers work in my case.

For example on the line 

font := LogicalFont familyName: 'Bitmap DejaVu Sans' pointSize: 10.

It fails on the LogicalFont: I get the popup that allows to fix a missing class/variable.

Unknown variable: LogicalFont please correct, or cancel: [...]

Is that solution not suitable for Squeak 4.3, or am I missing some package?

EDIT: as often, I am finding some answer elements after the question has been posted on SO:

I found nothing in the preferences browser to do that easily.

Because the setting is not accessible via the Preference Browser, but via the World menu -> Appearance -> System fonts -> code font.

But I only see a handful of fonts available (beside ComicSans and BitstreamVera), but no Consolas. I do have the preference Offer native fonts enabled, though...

Second Edit: given the answer of Igor Stasenko, I found on SqueakSource a mention of FreeTypePlus that seems the most recent (not often easy for a beginner to find out how to install new software on Squeak, also it seems that Squeak has slowed down since 2006/2007 and some items mentioned in the Swiki are down now...)

So I added on Monticello 

MCHttpRepository
    location: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/FreeTypePlus'
    user: ''
    password: ''

And installed FreeType, FreeTypeSubPixelAntiAliasing and PinesoftEnhancementsForFreetype. Now I can see my ttf system fonts...

Upvotes: 4

Views: 788

Answers (1)

Igor Stasenko
Igor Stasenko

Reputation: 1137

AFAIK, Squeak doesn't includes Freetype support by default.

You may try Pharo, where Freetype is included by default. http://www.pharo-project.org/home

Or you can try to install Freetype package in Squeak & download freetype plugin for VM.

Upvotes: 2

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