Kbase 20567: Proportional Fonts Vs Fixed Fonts Formats
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
2/21/2001 |
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SUMMARY:
This solution discusses differences between proportional and fixed pitch fonts to help you decide which one is correct for your instance. Progress uses both formats.
EXPLANATION:
A fixed-pitch font refers to fonts in which every character has the same width. Whether the character is an "i" or "W", they are allotted the same amount of space. An example of a fixed font is Courier new.
A proportional font is font in which different characters have
different widths. This reduces the blank space between characters. An
example of a Proportional font is Arial.
Traditionally, fields that contain integers use fixed fonts. This
is to ensure that decimal points and commas line up when you look
at rows of numbers. Usually, Proportional fonts are used for text fields.
Default fonts are set in the Progress.ini file, under the [Startup] heading, and use the DefaultFont and DefaultFixedFont settings.