Regression: Script Editor Text Legibility/Rendering

Hi @eirannejad and @Alain,

I thought I’d just expand on an issue with the text/legibility of the new script editor (briefly touched upon here and here) as compared to GHPython. The captures below are on a 3840x2160 external Dell monitor running at 125% scale, but the same issue is present on my laptop monitor, and while running at other scales. Specifically, when using the same font (Consolas here), the new editor will render same style text with a “thinner stroke” and looking “vertically squished” at certain sizes. It also appears to use larger line spacing, meaning we can’t fit as much code in the same vertical space. Here are three size jumps demonstrating this:

Screen shots






The text “stroke” in the new editor also appears to be more “jumpy” when going up/down in size, where GHPython has a more consistent/smooth looking scaling appearance:

Note that this is not an issue of the missing bold keywords also mentioned here, and that I’ve had to use different font sizes to get similarly size text between the two editors. And I understand this is probably just an issue of the new (Monaco-based?) editor, but if this is something you can tweak somehow, I’d certainly appreciate it.

Thanks and best,

Anders

Edit: Forgot my system info:

SystemInfo

Rhino 8 SR8 2024-5-28 (Rhino 8, 8.8.24149.15001, Git hash:master @ 49367284ece6544c4e32d4d2fce81c37a1bd9dff)
License type: Commercial, build 2024-05-28
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 11 (10.0.22631 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 32GB)
.NET 7.0.19

Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [62% battery remaining]

Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 11-7-2023 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 6-26-2023 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 536.45
> Integrated accelerated graphics device (shares primary device ports)
- Video pass-through to primary display device

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 8x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 6-26-2023
Driver Version: 31.0.15.3645
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 8188 MB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.8.24149.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.8.24149.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.8.24149.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.8.24149.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\IronPython\RhinoDLR_Python.rhp “IronPython” 8.8.24149.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.8.24149.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Grasshopper\GrasshopperPlugin.rhp “Grasshopper” 8.8.24149.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.8.24149.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”

Hi Anders,

I agree there is room for improvement. It seems that the larger line spacing is the biggest issue.

This will require some looking into: RH-82336

Thanks

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