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- Paddle2See
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1000+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
Happy August!
Much of the team was away for a lot of the week so not a lot of changes.
Visible
The paint editor has a new font (Donegal) - for your more formal printing needs! There may be one or two more additional fonts later, but not right away. Every additional font adds on to the size of the file that must be downloaded to the browser when the project runs - so we have to be really careful not to let that get too large.
Behind the Scenes
More work on the off-line version of the project editor and player
Beginning work on a statistics page to show graphs of site activity (projects, comments, users, etc.)
Much of the team was away for a lot of the week so not a lot of changes.
Visible
The paint editor has a new font (Donegal) - for your more formal printing needs! There may be one or two more additional fonts later, but not right away. Every additional font adds on to the size of the file that must be downloaded to the browser when the project runs - so we have to be really careful not to let that get too large.
Behind the Scenes
More work on the off-line version of the project editor and player
Beginning work on a statistics page to show graphs of site activity (projects, comments, users, etc.)
- Epicness123
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1000+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
First post. 
a new font? Yay!

a new font? Yay!

Last edited by Epicness123 (Aug. 1, 2013 22:08:24)
- cobraguy
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1000+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
Second Post!
First updates of August on the first of August!
First updates of August on the first of August!
Last edited by cobraguy (Aug. 1, 2013 22:16:46)
- goldfish678
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1000+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
4th post! Yay I just noticed the new font!
Last edited by goldfish678 (Aug. 1, 2013 23:01:36)
- LiFaytheGoblin
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1000+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
(9th post - I had to)
yay more working on the offline version
yay more working on the offline version

- Gaza101
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500+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
Awesome! I can't wait to see the editor when it's done 

- rias
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43 posts
1 August 2013 Updates

(9th post - I had to)
yay more working on the offline version![]()
- mrsrec
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500+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
Darn, I Thought I Might Be The One To Get First Post.
Here's An Update You Didn't Mention.
If You Press (+) On A List, The New Item Appears At The Bottom, Not The Top.
I'm Mad To Not Get That First POST!
Here's An Update You Didn't Mention.
If You Press (+) On A List, The New Item Appears At The Bottom, Not The Top.
I'm Mad To Not Get That First POST!
- Paddle2See
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1000+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
No - we elected to go with internal fonts for Scratch 2.0. There were issues with local fonts - what looked good on one computer would end up looking not good at all on another computer that didn't have that font. 8th post.
So you can't use local fonts then?
You can still work with other fonts - but you would have to import them as either vector or bitmap images and hand assemble them into words - pretty tedious, but maybe worthwhile for somebody with a real pressing need for a specialized font.
- DotDash
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1000+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
hmmmmNo - we elected to go with internal fonts for Scratch 2.0. There were issues with local fonts - what looked good on one computer would end up looking not good at all on another computer that didn't have that font. 8th post.
So you can't use local fonts then?
You can still work with other fonts - but you would have to import them as either vector or bitmap images and hand assemble them into words - pretty tedious, but maybe worthwhile for somebody with a real pressing need for a specialized font.

- nathanprocks
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1000+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
Why not embed the local font in the project?No - we elected to go with internal fonts for Scratch 2.0. There were issues with local fonts - what looked good on one computer would end up looking not good at all on another computer that didn't have that font. 8th post.
So you can't use local fonts then?
You can still work with other fonts - but you would have to import them as either vector or bitmap images and hand assemble them into words - pretty tedious, but maybe worthwhile for somebody with a real pressing need for a specialized font.
- rias
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43 posts
1 August 2013 Updates
Will there be a chirpcompiler for scratch 2.0?

Last edited by rias (Aug. 3, 2013 08:41:30)
- HinderwellSchool
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1 post
1 August 2013 Updates
Loving these updates 

VisibleCan you not use WebFonts?
The paint editor has a new font (Donegal) - for your more formal printing needs! There may be one or two more additional fonts later, but not right away. Every additional font adds on to the size of the file that must be downloaded to the browser when the project runs - so we have to be really careful not to let that get too large.
- BlueDogXL
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100+ posts
1 August 2013 Updates
When will new fonts come out?
EDIT: 20th post!
EDIT: 20th post!

Last edited by BlueDogXL (Aug. 3, 2013 20:29:10)
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