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will8211 / unimatrix

Python script to simulate the display from "The Matrix" in terminal. Uses half-width katakana unicode characters by default, but can use custom character sets. Accepts keyboard controls while running. Based on CMatrix.
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Character/Font size adjustment? #36

Open dkrhino68 opened 3 years ago

dkrhino68 commented 3 years ago

Running this in Terminator. I can't seem to find a way to increase the size of the characters. I have adjusted the font size in the settings menu for Terminator and they are fine. When I start Unimatrix the characters are much smaller. Searching hasn't helped. Didn't see anything in the help menu. Have I missed something? thanks.

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS x86_64 
Kernel: 5.4.0-84-generic 
Uptime: 3 days, 18 hours, 3 mins 
Packages: 2705 (dpkg), 12 (snap) 
Shell: bash 5.0.17 
Resolution: 1920x1080, 1920x1080 
DE: Plasma

WM: KWin WM Theme: plastik Theme: Gently [Plasma], Breeze [GTK2/3] Icons: Breeze-Blur-Glassy Dark [Plasma], Breeze-Blur-Glassy Dark [GTK2/3]
Terminal: terminator CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (8) @ 4.000GHz GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Memory: 5116MiB / 64246MiB

will8211 commented 3 years ago

Try running with "unimatrix -l o". That should run without any Unicode characters. Is the size OK then?

Your default font is likely missing characters and you don't have a suitable fallback font installed. Terminator is probably falling back to a font that doesn't play well with it. I recommend installing more font packs for your distro. Particularly east Asian fonts.

dkrhino68 commented 3 years ago

I noticed that running the katakana and alphabet together shows the katakana is smaller compared to the alphabet. So then maybe other east Asian fonts my display larger than what I already have installed? Not sure how to change the default Asian font. I did notice that in the "help file" it lists the katakana as "half width". I wonder if that is why it appears smaller than the alphabet?

will8211 commented 3 years ago

Half-width katakana is actually the same width as a normal character.

If you have more fonts installed, Terminator might be able to pick a more suitable font.

On Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 7:34 PM Darrell @.***> wrote:

I noticed that running the katakana and alphabet together shows the katakana is smaller compared to the alphabet. So then maybe other east Asian fonts my display larger than what I already have installed? Not sure how to change the default Asian font. I did notice that in the "help file" it lists the katakana as "half width". I wonder if that is why it appears smaller than the alphabet?

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