Re: tk 8.5 vs 8.4: "font actual" differences

On 28 feb, 19:20, Ralf Fassel <ralf...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Could someone tell why on the very same system "font actual" gives
different results in 8.5 and 8.4:

% info patchlevel
8.4.14
% font actual {Helvetica 8}
-family helvetica -size 8 -weight normal -slant roman -underline 0 -overstrike 0

% info patchlevel
8.5.1
% font actual {Helvetica 8}
-family {Nimbus Sans L} -size 8 -weight normal -slant roman -underline 0 -overstrike 0

What is the magic behind using {Nimbus Sans L} in 8.5?

The reason is that 8.5 uses xft fonts (anti-aliased).
The xft fonts have different names names from the normal fonts.

Unfortunately it seems impossible to use xft and normal fonts at the
same time (not only in Tk but also in other applications.)

--Koen
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