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== Changing font in Dyalog RIDE ==
== Changing font in Dyalog RIDE ==
[[Dyalog Ltd]]'s cross-platform RIDE interface, which is the default GUI interface on all non-Windows platforms, does not expose a font setting. However, it is trivial to change font:
[[Dyalog Ltd]]'s cross-platform RIDE interface, which is the default GUI interface on all non-Windows platforms, did not expose a font setting until version 4.5. However, it is trivial to change font:
* Open ride-base.css[[#loc|*]]
* Open ride-base.css[[#loc|*]]
* Find the line that says <syntaxhighlight lang=css inline>src: url('./fonts/Apl385.woff') format('woff'), url('./fonts/Apl385.ttf') format('truetype');</syntaxhighlight>
* Find the line that says <syntaxhighlight lang=css inline>src: url('./fonts/Apl385.woff') format('woff'), url('./fonts/Apl385.ttf') format('truetype');</syntaxhighlight>
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==Designing a font==
==Designing a font==
Making a good APL font is no small task. Since many [[glyph]]s share sub-glyphs due to the history of [[overstrike|overstriking]], multiple dimensions of commonality needs to be aligned. The following table can help:
Making a good APL font is no small task. Since many [[glyph]]s share sub-glyphs due to the history of [[overstrike|overstriking]], multiple dimensions of commonality need to be aligned. The following table can help:
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{|class=wikitable
!Class !! Glyphs
!Class !! Glyphs

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