The quest continues, almost done, but have an idea to rework GLFont.drawString() completly, TODO next time

src/AppFrame.cpp

@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ AppFrame::AppFrame() :
     demodModeSelector->addChoice("I/Q");
     demodModeSelector->setSelection("FM");
     demodModeSelector->setHelpTip("Choose modulation type: Frequency Modulation (Hotkey F), Amplitude Modulation (A) and Lower (L), Upper (U), Double Side-Band and more.");
-    demodModeSelector->SetMinSize(wxSize(40,-1));
+    demodModeSelector->SetMinSize(wxSize(44,-1));
-    demodModeSelector->SetMaxSize(wxSize(40,-1));
+    demodModeSelector->SetMaxSize(wxSize(44,-1));
     demodTray->Add(demodModeSelector, 2, wxEXPAND | wxALL, 0);
     
 #ifdef ENABLE_DIGITAL_LAB
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ AppFrame::AppFrame() :
     demodModeSelectorAdv->addChoice("QAM");
     demodModeSelectorAdv->addChoice("QPSK");
     demodModeSelectorAdv->setHelpTip("Choose advanced modulation types.");
-    demodModeSelectorAdv->SetMinSize(wxSize(40,-1));
+    demodModeSelectorAdv->SetMinSize(wxSize(44,-1));
-    demodModeSelectorAdv->SetMaxSize(wxSize(40,-1));
+    demodModeSelectorAdv->SetMaxSize(wxSize(44,-1));
     demodTray->Add(demodModeSelectorAdv, 3, wxEXPAND | wxALL, 0);
 #endif
             

src/ui/GLPanel.cpp

@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ GLTextPanel::GLTextPanel() : GLPanel() {
     coord = GLPANEL_Y_UP;
     horizAlign = GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER;
     vertAlign = GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER;
+    useNativeFont = true;
 }
 
 void GLTextPanel::drawPanelContents() {
@@ -394,9 +395,13 @@ void GLTextPanel::drawPanelContents() {
     
     //beware here: the really applied font may have been scaled up compared to the "user" requested one, so that
     //we must negate it here to compute "user" font selection. 
-    float pdimy = pdim.y / GLFont::getScaleFactor();
+    float pdimy = pdim.y;
         
-    if (pdimy <= 16) {
+    if (!useNativeFont) {
+        pdimy /= GLFont::getScaleFactor();
+    }
+    
+    if (pdimy <= 14) {
         sz = GLFont::GLFONT_SIZE12;
 
     } else if (pdimy <= 18) {
@@ -410,7 +415,6 @@ void GLTextPanel::drawPanelContents() {
     }
     else if (pdimy <= 32) {
         sz = GLFont::GLFONT_SIZE27;
-
     }
     else if (pdimy <= 36) {
         sz = GLFont::GLFONT_SIZE32;
@@ -437,14 +441,19 @@ void GLTextPanel::drawPanelContents() {
 
     }
     
-
+    if (useNativeFont) {
-    GLFont::getFont(sz).drawString(textVal, mid,  mid, horizAlign, vertAlign, (int)pdim.x, (int)pdim.y);
+        GLFont::getRawFont(sz).drawString(textVal, mid, mid, horizAlign, vertAlign, (int)pdim.x, (int)pdim.y);
+    }
+    else {
+        GLFont::getFont(sz).drawString(textVal, mid, mid, horizAlign, vertAlign, (int)pdim.x, (int)pdim.y);
+    }
 }
 
-void GLTextPanel::setText(std::string text, GLFont::Align hAlign, GLFont::Align vAlign) {
+void GLTextPanel::setText(std::string text, GLFont::Align hAlign, GLFont::Align vAlign, bool useNative) {
     textVal = text;
     horizAlign = hAlign;
     vertAlign = vAlign;
+    useNativeFont = useNative;
 }
 
 std::string GLTextPanel::getText() {

src/ui/GLPanel.h

@@ -99,11 +99,13 @@ private:
     std::string textVal;
     GLFont::Align horizAlign;
     GLFont::Align vertAlign;
+    boolean useNativeFont;
 public:
     GLTextPanel();
     
     void drawPanelContents();
-    void setText(std::string text, GLFont::Align hAlign = GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, GLFont::Align vAlign = GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER);
+    
+    void setText(std::string text, GLFont::Align hAlign = GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, GLFont::Align vAlign = GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER , bool useNativeFont = false);
     std::string getText();
 };
 

src/util/GLFont.cpp

@@ -834,6 +834,17 @@ GLFont &GLFont::getFont(GLFontSize esize) {
     return fonts[internalFontSize];
 }
 
+GLFont &GLFont::getRawFont(GLFontSize esize) {
+
+    //Do not apply the scaling, really returns the requested font.
+
+   
+    //load lazily...
+    fonts[esize].loadFontOnce();
+
+    return fonts[esize];
+}
+
 
 void GLFont::setScale(GLFontScale scale) {
     

src/util/GLFont.h

@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ public:
     //it will be translated to another font depending of the scale level
     static GLFont& getFont(GLFontSize esize);
 
+    //Return the requested raw font, without applying scaling.
+    static GLFont &GLFont::getRawFont(GLFontSize esize);
+
     //Called to change the scale of the rendered fonts
     static void setScale(GLFontScale scale);
 

src/visual/GainCanvas.cpp

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void GainCanvas::SetLevel() {
         gainInfo[panelHit]->levelPanel.setPosition(0.0, (-1.0+(hitResult.y)));
         gainInfo[panelHit]->current = round(gainInfo[panelHit]->low+(hitResult.y * (gainInfo[panelHit]->high-gainInfo[panelHit]->low)));
         gainInfo[panelHit]->changed = true;
-        gainInfo[panelHit]->valuePanel.setText(std::to_string(int(gainInfo[panelHit]->current)));
+        gainInfo[panelHit]->valuePanel.setText(std::to_string(int(gainInfo[panelHit]->current)),GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, true);
     }
 }
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void GainCanvas::OnMouseWheelMoved(wxMouseEvent& event) {
         gInfo->levelPanel.setSize(1.0, levelVal);
         gInfo->levelPanel.setPosition(0.0, levelVal-1.0);
 
-        gInfo->valuePanel.setText(std::to_string(int(gInfo->current)));
+        gInfo->valuePanel.setText(std::to_string(int(gInfo->current)),GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, true);
     }
 
 }
@@ -290,14 +290,16 @@ void GainCanvas::updateGainUI() {
         
         gInfo->labelPanel.setSize(spacing/2.0,(15.0/float(ClientSize.y)));
         gInfo->labelPanel.setPosition(midPos, -barHeight-(20.0/float(ClientSize.y)));
-        gInfo->labelPanel.setText(gi->first);
+
+        gInfo->labelPanel.setText(gi->first,GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, true);
         gInfo->labelPanel.setFill(GLPanel::GLPANEL_FILL_NONE);
         
         bgPanel.addChild(&(gInfo->labelPanel));
         
         gInfo->valuePanel.setSize(spacing/2.0,(15.0/float(ClientSize.y)));
         gInfo->valuePanel.setPosition(midPos, barHeight+(20.0/float(ClientSize.y)));
-        gInfo->valuePanel.setText(std::to_string(int(gInfo->current)));
+        
+        gInfo->valuePanel.setText(std::to_string(int(gInfo->current)), GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, true);
         gInfo->valuePanel.setFill(GLPanel::GLPANEL_FILL_NONE);
         
         bgPanel.addChild(&(gInfo->valuePanel));

src/visual/ModeSelectorContext.cpp

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ void ModeSelectorContext::DrawSelector(std::string label, int c, int cMax, bool
     float viewHeight = (float) vp[3];
     float viewWidth = (float) vp[2];
 
-    GLFont::GLFontSize fontSize = GLFont::GLFONT_SIZE16;
+    GLFont::GLFontSize fontSize = GLFont::GLFONT_SIZE18;
 
     if (viewWidth < 30 || viewHeight < 200) {
-        fontSize = GLFont::GLFONT_SIZE12;
+        fontSize = GLFont::GLFONT_SIZE16;
     }
 
     glColor4f(r, g, b, a);
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ void ModeSelectorContext::DrawSelector(std::string label, int c, int cMax, bool
         glColor4f(0, 0, 0, a);
     }
 
-    GLFont::getFont(fontSize).drawString(label, 0.0, y + height / 2.0, GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER);
+    //Do not zoom the selectors
+    GLFont::getRawFont(fontSize).drawString(label, 0.0, y + height / 2.0, GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER, GLFont::GLFONT_ALIGN_CENTER);
 }
 
 void ModeSelectorContext::DrawEnd() {

src/visual/TuningContext.cpp

@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ void TuningContext::DrawTuner(long long freq, int count, float displayPos, float
     int numChars = freqChars.length();
     int ofs = count - numChars;
 
-    GLFont& refDrawingFont = GLFont::getFont(fontSize);
+    //do not zoom this one:
+    GLFont& refDrawingFont = GLFont::getRawFont(fontSize);
 
     for (int i = ofs; i < count; i++) {
         float xpos = displayPos + (displayWidth / (float) count) * (float) i + ((displayWidth / 2.0) / (float) count);