June 2, 200718 yr I use Helvetica 9 pt extensively; even have a QuicKey to turn everything in a field to Helvetica 9 pt because it was a comfortable and compact size. When I went up to 8.5, I can hardly read that size of font because its so teeny weensy! In fact, all my font layouts that use Helvetica are screwy. What happened? And can I get back to where I was - font size wise? Appreciatively, Elaine (I've used FMP since it came out & never had this happen in an upgrade)
June 2, 200718 yr Helvetica 9 looks okay to me (small, but readable). Make sure Text Smoothing is on for the font sizes you're using (change it to "8 or smaller" in the Appearance Preference pane).
June 2, 200718 yr FileMaker made a complete hash of fonts in FM8. First of all, Helvetica 9 used to be okay - not pretty, but okay. The rendering engine is different now, and you're right Hel 9 is awful. It get's worse... The only fonts supported on Windows are True Type fonts - not even Open Type, so mixed environments now have far less choice. Today's LCD panels don't help either, and none of us are using 800 x 600 res. any more. The whole things a mess and I've just converted a 45 file solution that needs all the screens re-working.
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