The Art of Strings

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    These days I have been thinking about an old post about Fusion 3 development called "The Art of Strings", while looking at the fonts when the screen is enlarged to fit a larger resolution.
    The article is very interesting and explains the current way Fusion is handling the rendering of strings and what was/is in development. If you haven't seen, it is worth the read, just search for "Art of Strings: Please login to see this link.

    Currently I'm working on 1366x768 on a 1920x1080 monitor and using Ultimate Full Screen object to enlarge it. Here is what I'm getting:

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    Looks like the reason for it, is that with the 1px 1 unit system, the current anti-aliasing of the fonts becomes blocky when the screen is enlarged especially on thin or round parts of the fonts. So my question is: Is there a clever workaround for this, such as change the font size based on resolution of monitor, if in full screen or windowed...?

    On a side note/suggestion, since Clickteam released many goodies from F3 already in the 2.5+ DLC, here goes my suggestion to release a DLC in the future, like "Fusion Text PRO", with what was/is in the works regarding the fonts? We could even...
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    On a side note/suggestion, since Clickteam released many goodies from F3 already in the 2.5+ DLC, here goes my suggestion to release a DLC in the future, like "Fusion Text PRO", with what was/is in the works regarding the fonts? We could even...
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    NOOoOOOOOOooOoooOooo!!!!!!!!!!!! NO more 'DLC'! We need Fusion 3 at this point! Unless said DLC also makes Fusion's coordinate system work in sub-pixels.... *without having to use tempVars :)

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    NOOoOOOOOOooOoooOooo!!!!!!!!!!!! NO more 'DLC'! We need Fusion 3 at this point! Unless said DLC also makes Fusion's coordinate system work in sub-pixels.... *without having to use tempVars :)

    YeeeEEEEeeeeeeEEEeEEEeeeEEsss!!!!!! A DLC with Fusion 3 features is better than nothing at all. :)

    F3 was supposed to be released two years ago. CT does not provide any new updates on F3 progress. To be really honest, I don't believe that CT will release a Fusion 3 product. In my opinion, they saw the opportunity to be themselves game publishers for ps4/switch games. If that effort succeeds I do not believe that they will release a new tool rather a new dlc for fusion 2.5 or a fusion 3 with fewer features. If they fail with the publishing then they might consider a full feature F3 product release.

    So, the topic itself is not about speculation on Fusion 3. It is about a feature that seemed to be already developed and under Clickteam's hub. It mentioned the Fusion 3 post because it explains beautifully what the current problem is and where they were heading.
    Clickteam Fusion served me well over the years, the 2.5+ DLC is a marvelous and well worth addition. If DLC format updates makes financial sense for Clickteam, so much better.
    Back on topic, there is a genuine question on the first post (who knows, there are so many smart Clickers around) to work around this pixelating issue on fonts.

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