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phaselden / FlipIt

Flip Clock screensaver
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Minutes not displaying correctly #2

Closed redburn closed 3 years ago

redburn commented 3 years ago

It is currently 17:53 (or 5:53pm) but the screensaver displays 5:5, as shown here:

2021-01-13 17_56_31-Greenshot

aednv commented 3 years ago

you need to install the Oswald font from google. Download, unzip, and drag the Oswald-VariableFont_wght.ttf file into the Windows font installer (settings -> fonts).

phaselden commented 3 years ago

Yes, as @schlambers said, it doesn't look like you have the right font installed. Please try that and let me know how you go.

BTW I have been thinking about ways to avoid having to download and install the font manually. For example, install it automatically or not require the font at all and instead use some SVG images.

redburn commented 3 years ago

Cheers, obviously I did not read the requirements properly.

Looks better now, but not quite the same as the screenshot in the README. The digits are not quite centered vertically:

2021-01-15 15_08_51-Greenshot

jurczewski commented 3 years ago

I wonder, if it is possible to change it to look more similar to Fliqlo.

Here is Linux version of Fliqlo with Fliqlo's exact font: (no need for downloading fonts separately) https://github.com/alexanderk23/gluqlo

phaselden commented 3 years ago

@redburn The alignment is by design. If you look at images of "real" physical flip clocks they are also not 100% centered. However I have just realised that the split in clocks (and other some other apps) tends to be lower rather than higher.

phaselden commented 3 years ago

@jurczewski If you download the TTF in gluqlo, and look at the file details it says "Fliqlo". While there is no copyright info in the file, I am a little concerned about its licensing.

redburn commented 3 years ago

@phaselden OK, it just looked different from the screenshot in the readme. You're right, it does look like the split is usually lower.

I could create an installer for the screensaver that automatically installs the font. SVG would be even better.

jurczewski commented 3 years ago

@jurczewski If you download the TTF in gluqlo, and look at the file details it says "Fliqlo". While there is no copyright info in the file, I am a little concerned about its licensing.

It also says "Name of font: Helvetica" image

To be honest I have no knowledge about fonts, but can it be just Helvetica renamed to Fliqlo?

phaselden commented 3 years ago

Thanks @redburn, I might take you up on that but @jurczewski has found (thanks!) the font is Helvetica LT which I suspect I can use for free and, if so, can embed it into the exe.

phaselden commented 3 years ago

The font issues were addressed in a previous beta and the digit alignment is fixed in beta 3 of v1.2