New Fonts and Other Things
Sat Aug 24 2024

You Might Notice... Some New Fonts...

I've installed a bunch of new fonts - lots of them in fact. Missy Moo chose them and I have to admit they're pretty cool 😀

I'm sure you'll all have plenty of fun with this.

The new fonts are only available to Plus Members - though free users can see them and will be advised they'll need to upgrade to use them. We might give free users some additional fonts but at the moment they've got the original, 6 I think it was.

I've also added logic to remember which font you last used and new entries will default to using that last used font. It should also remember the size of font you last used as well. It will not remember any colours or backgrounds, nor bold/italic etc status. Just the font and size.

It should also fix the long standing bug in the editor of the font being lost if you put in 2 blank lines.

Clicking on a line/paragraph will change (and remember) the font that line is set to.

So if you click on a paragraph and then leave the editor, the next time you open the editor the font should be set to whatever that paragraph used. You can of course override the current (and therefore remembered) font by choosing it from the dropdown.

I've also tweaked some of the icons for the diary header when you're changing settings and things. You probably won't notice that though 😆

Of course, the editor changes are complex and anything as interactive as this may have quirky bugs. Please let me know if you find anything that you don't think works properly. I am aware that the first time you open your editor after this change has been applied the size of your font will be blank. I'll fix that shortly, but once set it should remember it.

Hope you like it!

5 Comments
  • From:
    D'vorahDavida
    On:
    Sun Aug 25 2024
    Far OUT! I've been a font nut for a very long time! Thank you! BTW... when is the official date of Dear Diary's birthday?
    • From:
      DearDiary1
      On:
      Sun Aug 25 2024
      I'm not entirely sure, though I know it was definitely September 1999 when coding began. The very first entry written by Matt was on the 11th Sep 1999 (hmmm - not a great date for celebration in hindsight, even for us non-Americans). But Matt had a version prior to that, with flat-files for the entry storage... However digging further, shows that the original launch date was October 5th 1999
  • From:
    Little Krissi
    On:
    Sun Aug 25 2024
    Thank you for making the DD site fun and easy use
    • From:
      DearDiary1
      On:
      Sun Aug 25 2024
      You are more than welcome - I'm glad you're liking it so far! Do let me know if you have any suggestions you'd like to see added!
      • From:
        Little Krissi
        On:
        Thu Aug 29 2024
        Will do!