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by jwx1
2006-03-06 20:51:51
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: OT fonts - Any chance
Replies: 2
Views: 4918

Apple font panel

The font panel used by Apple's TextEdit, and many 3rd party apps DOES support some OT features, and provides these services to the application. In TextEdit: Format->Font->Show Fonts opens the panel, which has a sub-menu (sprocket down arrow- at lower left) for Typography which is context sensitive. ...
by jwx1
2006-03-06 09:19:58
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: OT fonts - Any chance
Replies: 2
Views: 4918

OT fonts - Any chance

Any chance we'll soon see even minimal support for OT fonts?
Maybe just a switch for text numbers?

Or at least support for the features of the OS X font panel?

Thanks for any response.

John
Birmingham AL USA
by jwx1
2006-02-14 11:14:44
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: what are the advantages of NWE over Mellel?
Replies: 29
Views: 47823

Type and text formatting

are why I generally prefer Mellel. It supports Open Type features, such as small caps, swashes, old style figures, and many other OT features that make formatting papers much faster. Nisus does not choose to implement these, nor does it provide access to the OT features included in OS X. (I don't kn...
by jwx1
2006-01-05 08:28:50
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Official Express 2.6 Beta thread
Replies: 76
Views: 95396

Slowww

Changes in existing document thru character panel (font, size) and and paragraph panel (spacing) take 30-45 secs to achieve. MUCH slower than b4, which was no demon itself.

iMac G5, Tiger build 8F46, 1G ram, etc.

John
by jwx1
2005-09-22 08:43:12
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Strange Lines Through Text
Replies: 4
Views: 6013

For me, the problem disappeared in the 2.5 rcs, but reappeared in the final release.

John

iMac G5, Tiger 10.4.2, 1G Ram, 160G HD
by jwx1
2005-09-08 10:59:21
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Nisus Writer Express 2.5 Final Now Available
Replies: 10
Views: 13721

Crash log

NWE 2.5 Final Screen redraw bug - horizontal white lines while scrolling, still there. also: The last few messages from console log after running NWE 2.5Final today. Sep 8 13:33:50 JWMac /Volumes/Master 2/Nisus/Nisus Writer Express.app/Contents/MacOS/Nisus Writer Express: CGContextSetLineCap: invali...
by jwx1
2005-08-16 09:13:44
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Ligatures - STILL Absent
Replies: 1
Views: 3784

Ligatures - STILL Absent

2.5b4 still does not insert ligatures by menu command.

Have verified existence of Ligs in font (not dfont)

This is an ongoing issue since NWE was released.

Why?

Thanks for your efforts.
John
Birmingham AL USA
by jwx1
2005-08-16 09:10:47
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Express 2.5 Beta Feedback Thread
Replies: 101
Views: 145014

Crash

First document opened: Host Name: JWMac Date/Time: 2005-08-16 12:07:31.114 -0500 OS Version: 10.4.2 (Build 8C46) Report Version: 3 Command: Nisus Writer Express Path: /Volumes/Master 2/Nisus Beta/Nisus Writer Express beta4.app/Contents/MacOS/Nisus Writer Express Parent: WindowServer [66] Version: ??...
by jwx1
2005-07-23 17:58:54
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Express 2.5 Beta Feedback Thread
Replies: 101
Views: 145014

Errors

Below are a few of the sys log entries associated with opening a new file and typing a new text. Looks like something is having a problem: Jul 23 15:00:31 JWMac /Volumes/Master 2/Nisus Beta/Nisus Writer Express beta1.app/Contents/MacOS/Nisus Writer Express: CGContextClipToRect: invalid context Jul 2...
by jwx1
2005-07-12 23:14:35
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Express Sneak Peek Feedback Thread
Replies: 121
Views: 160014

Hotheads

So I posted a small cavil about ligs:

this was returned:

Ran into problems sending Mail. Response: 451 : Temporary lookup failure

DEBUG MODE

Line : 164
File : /home/.ahi/nisus/nisus.com/forum/includes/smtp.php

but the message posted. Just FYI
John
by jwx1
2005-07-12 23:12:39
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Express Sneak Peek Feedback Thread
Replies: 121
Views: 160014

Still no ligatures

except for Apple supplied fonts in 2.5a7.
Sorry to be a constant complainer, but ligs ARE on the menu.

Running 1Mac G5, Tiger 10.4.2 1Gig, 160 Gig

Thanks for your efforts.

John
Birmingham AL USA
by jwx1
2005-07-01 09:48:49
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Express Sneak Peek Feedback Thread
Replies: 121
Views: 160014

Ligatures

The th ligature is a rare one in typography. The most common are fi and fl. Open new default page in a6. Type fi and fl Select face 'Georgia" (Standard Mac font, contains fi and fl ligs)) Select Use all ligatures in menu. I get no ligatures When I cut and paste this text into another word proce...
by jwx1
2005-06-29 07:27:03
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Express Sneak Peek Feedback Thread
Replies: 121
Views: 160014

ligatures a6

Still am not seeing any ligatures with typing or menu command unless pasted text already contains them confirmed in another text editor. Yes, the fonts I'm using have full ligatures. eg: I copy some internet news story into tex-edit plus (not text edit) to cleanup. One button 'cleanup document'. Lig...
by jwx1
2005-06-29 07:15:15
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Express Sneak Peek Feedback Thread
Replies: 121
Views: 160014

a6

Scrolling dropouts reported earlier are gone. Bravo. a6 does not use the default template, either when first opening, or when 'new' be selected from the menu. Have gone into prefs to edit the newfile template: template is correct,(yes, have redefined and saved) but the actual newfile opened is not. ...
by jwx1
2005-06-20 06:14:45
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Express Sneak Peek Feedback Thread
Replies: 121
Views: 160014

Screen redraw improved, not perfect

The screen redraw on edit seems to work fine, but still see white lines thru text while scrolling. Screen is redrawn correctly when scroll is stopped.

Overall, interface is pleasant to use and imminently usable.

Good work!

NWE 2.5a5
imacG5, Tiger 10.4.1, iG mem.