jagged fonts

[magicme]

hello
i am writing a simple tcl script to keep my notes in, but
all fonts in my multiline text widget are jagged .... fonts look okay in other applications so its not my monitor.

i have tried lots of fonts and they are on my system.

here is the code i use.....

# window configure
. configure -background #facd8a
font create davesfont -family lucida -size 12 -weight normal
#
# text frame widgets
#
text .textframe.maintextbox \
-state normal \
-height 40 \
-width 80 \
-wrap none \
-font davesfont \
-background $entrycolor \
-foreground #0000FF \
-xscrollcommand ".textframe.h_scroll set" \
-yscrollcommand ".textframe.v_scroll set"
#

my question is .... am i missing a command or text widget property that enhances or smoothes fonts.... as i said, fonts look great in other applications.

or do i need to somehow embed fonts somewhere for use in tcl scripts?

i am on gnu/linux(debian)

thanks for any comments.

daveleo

 

[Bong]

What does it look like if you just default the font?

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Bob Rashkin

 

[magicme]

defaulting the font looks just as bad.

strangely, when i write the textbox to a file and open the file in a text editor (gedit) the font looks great.

again, i have used different font families in the text widget and they all look similarly bad (there are differences, but they are bad).

i have 2 books that go on and on and on about fonts and i've tried a bunch of things ....

daveleo

 

[Bong]

If using the default font (that is, letting Tcl decide what the font characteristics are) gives you the same problems as when you specify the font, I don't think the issue is with your specification. Rather, I think your Tk is rendering the text poorly. I don't know what to do about that other than to reinstall, maybe with a later version.

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Bob Rashkin