[Windows] font height inconsistency with Hack 3.001 release

[jlanzarotta]

Hello,

First off, I love the font. However, after updating my Windows machine to v3.001, the font rendering is somewhat strange for Italics and Bold... Any ideas on how to fix this? I reboot, and nothing has changed...

Thanks,

[chrissimpkins]

Can you confirm that you installed this with the WIndows installer that includes the new v3.001 release files?

https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack-windows-installer/releases/tag/v1.5.1

[texhex]

Please try the installer if you haven't so far. If you did, please post the fileC:\Program Files\Hack Windows Installer\Log-FontData.txt. That's a basic log we are generating where we maybe are able to find out what's wrong.

[jdw1996]

For what it's worth, I saw a similar problem using my custom build of the font (make ttf) on my work machine (Windows 10).

[chrissimpkins]

We've had a number of issues related to font caching with residual previous builds that lead to rendering errors on Windows. Try the Windows installer linked above and let us know if that fixes the problem for you. We have yet to develop something simple for developers who need to install new builds, test, re-install new builds on the Windows platform.

[jlanzarotta]

Yeap, used the latest installer. Here is the file you requested... Hope it helps...

Log-FontData.txt

[chrissimpkins]

Thanks @jlanzarotta. Let's see whether @texhex thinks that there is an install issue here. If not I will have a look at the tables to confirm that we didn't modify something unintentionally.

@texhex can you confirm that you are seeing this problem on your Win install?

[texhex]

@jlanzarotta From my point of view, the installation is looking normally, there is nothing that is unexpected.

Idea I have to find out what is going on on your machine:

• Is the program you are using Java based? Could you maybe try to replicate the problem with Notepad++ and does it show the same errors?

• Could you please open a command prompt and enter the command "dir c:\windows\fonts\Hack*.*". The listing should only list four files (Hack-Bold.ttf - Hack-BoldItalic.ttf - Hack-Italic.ttf - Hack-Regular.ttf)

• Would it be possible that you run the installer a second time and post the Log-FontData.txt after that? It should show that all files were already in place and no installation is required.

[jlanzarotta]

• I am using Vim and IntelliJ.
• Yes, there are only the four fonts you listed in "c:\windows\fonts\hack*.*".
• I tried your suggestion and tried to replicate the problem in Notepad++. Notepad++ rendered everything just fine.

Then I noticed why Notepad++ rendered correctly. In Notepad++, the text was not italics, just plain. So I set Vim and IntelliJ to not use bold or italics, they they work fine now also. Could it an issue with just bold and italics?

Here is the fine you asked for...
Log-FontData.txt

[chrissimpkins]

We've had long standing problems with the JetBrains editors on Win. They all use a Java font renderer that is very finicky with our fonts on the Win platform for some reason. Thanks for testing in another editor and for helping to troubleshoot here. I will take a look at our OT tables and confirm that there were no unexpected changes in this release. Would be helpful to me if you could confirm that reinstallation of the last version (3.000) with the Win installer fixes the problem.

Let's see what Michael has to say about the new install logs.

[chrissimpkins]

Can you also let us know what Win version you are using?

[jlanzarotta]

The 3.000 version works beautifully. All applications render correctly.

I am using Windows 7.