The code for this font selector GUI is about twice as long (in bytes/characters) as the code for the color selector GUI. Some of those features can be seen by comparing the following image to the image above. In addition to the code reorganization, I added a few features to the example presented in the Welch book. etc.) in my Tk scripts, I can find what I need relatively quickly (code re-use). This structure is discussed in more detail on the page A Canonical Structure for Tk Code - and variations.īy consistently using this Tk code structure, when I need to find a proc (or a binding, or a widget definition, or an example pack statement, etc. Pack them.Ģ) Define & pack all widgets in the frames.ģ) Define key/mouse action BINDINGS, if needed.ĥ) Additional GUI initialization (typically with one or more I built my font selector based on that code - but I reorganized the code according to a 'canonical' code structure that I have used for all my Tk scripts written in the past 10 years or so (on the order of a hundred Tk scripts): 0) Set general window parms (win-name, win-position, win-color-scheme,įonts, widget-geom-parms, win-size-control).ġ) Define ALL frames (and sub-frames). I have one more 'selector' script that I think would be helpful to publish on this site - helpful to Tcl-Tk 'newbies' who need complete examples of working, useful scripts to speed up their learning process - and perhaps helpful to someone still looking for a better font selector GUI.īy doing a search on this site with keywords like 'font chooser', you will find that everyone seems to have their own idea as to what they need in a font chooser - A little font chooser, A small font chooser, Another Font Chooser Dialog.Īnd there is the code for yet another font chooser in the book 'Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk' (4th edition) by Brent Welch, Ken Jones, and Jeffrey Hobbs - page 643 - where this image is shown - along with the code used to generate it. Best in class and an easy recommendation for me.I recently published the code for a color selector Tk script on a page titled A non-obfuscated color selector GUI, at this site. Features are clearly labelled and intuitive, the detailed previews are both beautiful and functional. Makes other font management apps look dated and tired. It’s actually made me a lot more experimental and diverse with my font choices.Typeface’s UI is clear, slick and easy on the eye.
#FONT PICKER PROGRAM FULL#
This means that you don’t end up with a menu full of activated fonts that you don’t need when you’re experimenting with a layout. Typeface makes this possible.Secondly, and this is big, is the ability to apply fonts without activating them, simply by drag and dropping the font into your layout. I store my fonts on a cloud folder so they’re all accessible from whichever computer I’m using. Typeface doesn’t take your fonts and create its own database - it leaves your folders alone and just links to them. Two aspects of Typeface that strongly appealed to me are its non-intrusive way of handling your fonts, meaning that you can organise and structure your fonts folder however you wish - I do mine by style and by client/project.
Best in class As part of my switch to M1, I decided to rethink my approach to font management.
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