[GNC] Font problem

[Adrien Monteleone]

> On Oct 16, 2019 w42d289, at 12:26 PM, Paul de Vries <paul.de.vries at xs4all.nl> wrote:
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>> On 15 Oct 2019, at 20:40, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
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>> #1 - you didn’t need to install GTK3 from MacPorts to utilize a custom CSS file. You only need this if you want to run the GTKInspector on MacOS to find out the hooks to tweak various UI parts via that custom CSS file. But even then, you’ll only need to do that for those elements not documented already on the wiki. (though most of those not documented aren’t alterable by CSS anyway)
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> I'll uninstall GTK3 from MacPorts.
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>> #2 - you can attach an image file to a message, but make sure to put it at the end, not in-line. Mailman strips out in-line images. A foolproof method would be to use a free image hosting service (like imgur.com) to upload your image and then put the link to it in your reply.
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> see https://imgur.com/a/ARiC6WR

Interesting. This definitely looks like a corrupt font file, but does the same font look like this in other apps? Other GTK apps? (if you have any)


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>> #3 - this might be a known issue with webkit on MacOS, but a sample result image might help to narrow it down. I’ve seen threads discussing this problem on the bottom line of a page, but not within the page.
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> see above

It seems the problems are `n`, `u`, and `m` with the left side of the glyph having the issue. I don’t see any other glyphs with issues that stand out —very strange.

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>> Finally, try different fonts, including the default, and see what the printed result looks like.
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> I tried different fonts in ~/Library/Application\ Support/Gnucash/config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
> but it seems to have no effect on the 'Print Invoice' button result window, or on error messages.

So any font you choose mangles those three letters? Do other fonts mangle other letters?

I’m thinking this might well be a GTK issue. Do you still have this problem after uninstalling GTK3 via MacPorts?


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> What IS the default font on a mac, so that I can check it for errors?

Unfortunately, Apple hides it from us. It is ’San Francisco’ by name, but you can’t see it in FontBook and it isn’t selectable in apps. (best I can tell)

But I think the default stylesheets in GnuCash use Arial. Maybe give that a try. Also, simply commenting out your font declaration in the CSS file will restore the app’s default for the UI.

Regards,
Adrien