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A toolbox for virtual pinball dot matrix displays.
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Request: AlphaNumeric sizing #363

Open coreduo0099 opened 1 year ago

coreduo0099 commented 1 year ago

I understand the current design where the height defines the width automatically per "Note that there is no width parameter, because the width is calculated based on the height and the number of characters of the display. This makes it easy to apply the same height to all displays of a game by editing the .ini, something you might consider doing instead of fiddling with the mouse."

While I LOVE how good it looks, I've only used it in a few games over the years. the proportions on some backglasses don't match a one size fits all proportions rule.

e.g. Back to the future. There is no way to get the width without the alpha 'windows' overlapping and making the text way too big. otherwise one can see the old under the new.

Request is to be able to specify height and width.

Related, when tinkering with BTTF today I noticed the black space above the alphanumerics is MUCH more than the original backglass. perhaps less black space could help as well. This can be easily edited in devicedmd.ini either design IMO.

Thanks and love dmd-ext!

freezy commented 1 year ago

Thanks for submitting, this would definitely be a useful feature.