Re: Font Specification Question
Re: Font Specification Question
- Subject: Re: Font Specification Question
- From: Stan Cleveland <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:23:50 -0700
- Thread-topic: Font Specification Question
On 4/2/08 11:55 AM, "Oakley Masten" wrote:
> How do I specify the font used for "Display Dialog"
> reporting?
>
> Can it be done?
>
> Is there a font that uses the same size for every
> character?
>
> What I am trying to do is make a list all space the
> same.
One thing I can think of that might be remotely helpful in your quest is
this MacScripter thread from about a year ago:
http://bbs.macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=19396
It discusses what font is used in dialog boxes (Lucida Grande 13 pt) and how
to coerce the system to use other fonts by displaying Unicode text. This
could work for you if the Unicode spec includes a set of monospaced
characters (anyone?), but would be complicated to program.
Another idea might be to dump Lucida Grande from the system and replace it
with a monospaced font that's renamed Lucida Grande, if that would actually
work. But that's a kludge that introduces a number of potential problems and
might mess up the OS. I'm not brave enough to experiment with it.
The best suggestion I can make is to "roll your own" dialog box using
AppleScript Studio, which would allow you to specify any font you'd like.
You could do your entire script in Studio or just create a simple app that
your script would use to display your lists.
Stan C.
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