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by Todd
2004-03-28 20:44:37
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Size matters
Replies: 6
Views: 11278

I agree with Arttman's agreement with me

Amen, Arttman. One pt increments is the way it's gotta be. But I cut Nisus some slack on this point. NWE's still a 1.x release. And controls like these really can be made to work well (like iPhoto's zoom bar) when the developers listen to their users and are attentive to detail. And with forums like...
by Todd
2004-03-27 22:40:21
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Size matters
Replies: 6
Views: 11278

Size matters

I've always looked at the text-sizing slider as one of NWE's great assets. But on further inspection, it's quite the quirky little tool, isn't it? The smallest increment in which it can resize selected text is 2pts. But sometimes, as I'm resizing, it inexplicably jumps up or down a minimum of 3pts! ...
by Todd
2004-03-26 01:03:42
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Two tool palette font bugs
Replies: 2
Views: 6558

Glad to hear that the next version will ease the jumping-text problem. I like the ability to select a block of text and quickly run through one font to the next to see how it looks. Jumping back makes that difficult. I still get the greyed out font-list problem from time to time, but reproducing it ...
by Todd
2004-03-17 15:30:48
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Two tool palette font bugs
Replies: 2
Views: 6558

Two tool palette font bugs

Here's an easily reproducable bug for you: When I select some text and begin sampling several fonts, the font menu, on its own accord, will usually "jump" back to select a previous font. This causes me to have to scroll back to where I was. (For some reason it likes to return to Lucida Gra...