Editor gadget, block symbols in monospace fonts

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Editor gadget, block symbols in monospace fonts

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Strange behaviour of block symbols in editor gadget.
User writes:
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Why do some characters (namely these symbols: ▀, █ and ►) look shorter and wider in the new version?
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This issue seems to have come up with the new msftedit.dll
Is it a Microsoft issue?

Example fonts: Consolas, Lucida Console
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Re: Editor gadget, block symbols in monospace fonts

Post by Fred »

Yes, we switched from RICHEDIT2.0.dll (which is old and no more supported) to MSFTEDIT.DLL in 5.73 and it makes this happen. It's raw API here, so it looks like a Windows thing.
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