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| Summary: | Default editor font ugly on MacOS Java 7 | ||
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| Product: | editor | Reporter: | ebakke |
| Component: | Settings | Assignee: | Milutin Kristofic <mkristofic> |
| Status: | RESOLVED WONTFIX | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | P3 | ||
| Version: | 7.3 | ||
| Hardware: | Macintosh | ||
| OS: | Mac OS X | ||
| Issue Type: | ENHANCEMENT | Exception Reporter: | |
| Attachments: |
NB 7.3 on Java 6 (default font, Monospaced 13)
NB Dev on Java 7 (default font, Monospaced 13) NB Dev on Java 7 (custom font, Courier 13) |
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Created attachment 133817 [details]
NB Dev on Java 7 (default font, Monospaced 13)
Created attachment 133818 [details]
NB Dev on Java 7 (custom font, Courier 13)
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Created attachment 133816 [details] NB 7.3 on Java 6 (default font, Monospaced 13) Upgrading from Java 6 to Java 7 on MacOS, I noticed that NetBeans' source code editor font looked much different, and that NetBeans looked much better on Java 6. After comparing NetBeans side by side on Java 6 and Java 7, I have discovered the reason: the default font "Monospaced 13" maps to different fonts in the two Java versions. The nicer font used by Java 6 is actually Courier 13, and NetBeans can be made to look nice on Java 7 as well by setting the font to "Courier 13" (Preferences=>Fonts&Colors). For this reason, I would suggest setting the NetBeans default editor font to "Courier 13" rather than just "Monospaced 13", at least on MacOS. See the attached screenshots (make sure to view them at full resolution if you want to confirm my judgment that Java 6 had the better Monospaced default font).