Parallax.ttf font (for Linux): Where do I get it?

mmgood

BST's editor, as-is from download, renders code text with big gaps between letters. I have worked around the problem by setting the editor font in "IDE Preferences" to a mono font. I would like to be able to use the Parallax font, though.

Where can I get a Propeller.ttf font that will work in Linux?

Some word I'm getting from reading around on the Web is that just trying to tell Linux to add the font from the Windows install won't work. I've taken that to be true for the time being. Here's what else I've found:

The BST doc says to get a Propeller font from http://propeller.wikispaces.com/Propeller+Font . That link leads to a "Subscription Expired" notice from Wikispaces.

I've seen a reference to http://forums.parallax.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=53903&d=1212437073 , but that gets me a page that says "not readable". https://www.parallax.com/downloads doesn't turn up anything for Propeller.ttf .

Could someone perhaps attach a copy in this thread?

Thanks,

MMB

Heater.

Do you mean Parallax.ttf as seen on this post here:
http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/84853/parallax-true-type-font

mmgood

Heater: Thanks for pointing me to that. It is billed as the Windows font; it installs and renders better than the previous "big gaps" font, but it looks very odd and imbalanced. It might be a vector font thing. Will keep asking/looking (probably the Parallax folks directly). But again, thanks.

Heater.

Actually I think you want the parallax2 font as included with propelleride. See attached zip. Seem to work in proplleride on my Debian box.

mmgood

Here's one example of some rendering oddities. They seem to vary with chosen font size. Here, note the b, d, A, D, F, G and H weight.

mmgood

Thanks, will give it a shot. I will try just the "Parallax2" fonts for now, since I've already installed something called Parallax.ttf.

mmgood

OK, that's really weird, the text renders micro small. Will investigate. I'm running BST, haven't tried propelleride yet.

Heater.

Parallax2 bold seems to work OK here. For some reason I cannot select not bold in propelleride. If you see what I mean.