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Post by gpercy on Jan 17, 2006 1:35:18 GMT
One feature of Ulysses that I miss while working with Scrivener ... is the ability to configure a typeface and size for Full Screen that is different from the document text and notes. Using my PowerBook 17 inch, I have Ulysses Full Screen preferences set to use Monaco 18 point, because I love how easy it is on the eyes. Any chance you could add an additional Editor Preference for Full Screen typeface and size?
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Post by KB on Jan 17, 2006 18:21:31 GMT
Two parts to this question:
1) Size: this is already available, but maybe you missed it. While in full screen, drop the cursor to the very bottom of the screen. After a delay of one second, a control panel will pop up that allows you change the text scale (along with the option to switch documents, see word count etc).
2) Font: there is no (simple or worthwhile) way to do this, because there is a major difference between Scrivener and Ulysses: Scrivener uses rich text whereas Ulysses is plain text. Plain text doesn't hold any font information, which means it can be displayed in any font you choose - the program holds the font information, not the text itself. Rich text, on the other hand, does hold font information (that is, the text holds the font information instead of the program), and in fact may contain many different fonts of different sizes and styles throughout. Imagine that you have a piece of text in two different fonts (maybe the main text is written in Times New Roman but you have a letter from a character set into your text that is in Courier, for instance). Now, when you switch to full screen, *everything* would have to be converted to your full screen font. Now you make changes to your text. There would be no way for Scrivener to know how to convert the fonts back to the way you wanted them.
(Note that colour is a separate issue, and is easily implemented. Apple has a concept of "temporary attributes", which means that you can apply certain attributes to rich text that only affect display. These attributes are limited, though, and only affect colour. I don't think they would make much sense for fonts anyway, as it would just mean you couldn't see how your text would look.)
Hope that explains things. Cheers, Keith
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Post by gpercy on Jan 17, 2006 19:07:55 GMT
Yes OK, now I remember seeing that feature when I first started using Scrivener, but somehow I forgot all about it. Thanks. Having the ability to change the Full Screen text scale will work just fine! And your Simple Text vs. Rich Text explanation is very clear. Thank you for taking the time to explain the differences.
Cheers, Gerry
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