Simulation rendered differently -bug.

[FoxSTI]

I just noticed the text and channel values are rendered differently (more spaced out) in the simulation tab than they do on the actual Page design.

I also noticed the if text is set to ITALIC it does not get transferred as such to the dash in the car.
I am using version 1.0.9.66

Id like to report this a bug?

[adrian]

Are you able to show me an example of difference in spacing between the simulation and page design? What does it do on the actual display?

What font are you having trouble with the Italic form?

[FoxSTI]

Let me see if I can post some screenshots tomorrow. I will flash to the car in the morning and report.
Thank you for noticing the thread.

[FoxSTI]

Sorry for the delayed response.

I am using "Sui Generis" this time.
Other fonts do not honor the request for BOLD or ITALIC when rendered and flashed.
I am using 1.0.9.66

Thank you.

Here is what I see in while designing:




Here is what I see when I run the simulation. This is also what gets flashed to the car (this is also what i see in the car)

[adrian]

There are a couple of issues here:

The first one is the BOLD/Italic one. The problem is that some of the parameters for the Sui Gen font are incorrect/out of bounds and this means that the font file can't actually be read. The reason it works in DC is that we don't use the font file directly, windows itself applies a style to the standard font to make it look like it is bold or italic if one isn't available.

The problem is that the device itself doesn't use this method, it sees that there is a font file available, loads it and then finds it can't use it so defaults back to the standard non-stylised version.

We are looking at ways around this but it is somewhat out of our control as there is an issue with the font file itself.

The second issue with the spacing is again related to the fact that fonts are used differently in the DC page layout to the actual device/simulate. I have raised this issue as a bug.

[FoxSTI]

ok, thanks.