Re: [pygame] BUG: Inconsistent font behavior between Windows and Linux

["Charlie Nolan" <funnyman3595@xxxxxxxxx>]

SDL_ttf is at 2.0.9 on Linux, and after digging a bit, the SDL_ttf.dll
that came with pygame shows version 2.0.9.0.  Looks like a match to
me.

On 8/22/08, Brian Fisher <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It may be a difference between different versions of SDL_ttf or of freetype,
> which may not be a bug if the new er behavior is part of a bug fix.
>
> So what version of SDL_ttf do you have on Windows and on Linux?
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Charlie Nolan
> <funnyman3595@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I suspect this will just get passed upstream to SDL, but someone will
>> need to translate for them.
>>
>> The "7" glyph in the attached font at size 21 behaves inconsistently
>> on Windows (XP SP2) and Linux (Gentoo).  Running the test script on
>> the two systems, I get these results:
>>
>> Linux:
>> (11, 16)
>> (12, 16)
>>
>> <Surface(22x16x32 SW)>
>> <Surface(22x16x32 SW)>
>>
>> [(0, 9, 0, 8, 11), (0, 9, 0, 8, 11)]
>> [(0, 9, 0, 8, 11), (-1, 9, 0, 8, 11)]
>>
>>
>> Windows:
>> (11, 16)
>> (12, 16)
>>
>> <Surface(22x16x32 SW)>
>> <Surface(23x16x32 SW)>
>>
>> [(0, 10, 0, 8, 11), (0, 10, 0, 8, 11)]
>> [(0, 10, 0, 8, 11), (0, 11, 0, 8, 12)]
>>
>>
>> My interpretation of this is that the 7 is behaving a bit screwy at
>> that size.  It renders as 12x16, but has an X offset of -1, for an
>> effective size of 11x16.  On Windows, the X offset appears to be lost,
>> thus causing the glyph to incorrectly have an extra pixel of padding
>> on the left.
>>
>> I'm also puzzled as to why maxx is one larger on Windows, but that
>> part doesn't seem to cause a problem.
>>
>> -Charlie Nolan
>>
>