Largest Font & Individual Settings

[ICoverdale]

The option to switch the largest font on or off in the individual settings for an item does not seem to work. It always seems to default to the default setting.
Great program by the way.

[wk]

I will do some tests on what you have reported. Thanks

[ICoverdale]

Thanks for offering to investigate. While on the largest fonts can I suggest two possible further improvements:
– That the font is not only sized so that the number of lines fit on a slide but also the width
– That the calculated large font size is applied to all slides in the song so that there are not sudden font size changes from verse to verse. This is particularly a problem with a song with long verses but a short chorus

[wk]

Hi ICoverdale

I have looked into this but I can’t replicate your issue. The largest font option does work under individual settings in my tests.

Regarding your suggestions:-
1. That the font is not only sized so that the number of lines fit on a slide but also the width
My response: When a given text is loaded, the text are firstly divided into verses, and then further subdivided into slides depending on the font size selected. When largest font is selected, the text in each slide is expanded to the largest font possible within the display area’s width and height. So the width is already taken into account.

2. That the calculated large font size is applied to all slides in the song so that there are not sudden font size changes from verse to verse. This is particularly a problem with a song with long verses but a short chorus
My response: I have looked into this good suggestion but for performance reason, it can’t be implemented. An item loaded for display already undergoes a lot of pre-processing and going through all slides to calculate a common font size may slow the display of the item, particularly if stage monitors are also used.

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