hello, I'm a new user, but I could not find an answer to my question in previous discussions.
I write in Hebrew and use the font Arial.
It looks alright in the editing view, but when I preview, something gets wrong, the font sizes become uneven - in the same word, and the hebrew ס becomes a zero.
Storyline does not handle symbols well in various fonts. I am confused as to why it would change on preview or export if it can display the character on the slide. The only thing I can suggest is trying it in Articulate font as its the programs default and should work where others fail.
Font handling in storyline is patchy at best even with system fonts.
Hi Dorit! I would be sure to utilize a Unicode font and also that you are utilizing the latest update of the software. If you are a new user, I would probably be Storyline 2, which would be Update 5. Welcome to E-Learning Heroes as well :)
Thank you both. I indeed use Storyline 2 and downloaded Update 5. First of all, after writing here I realized that the letters do appear alright, it's just that the difference in the font sizes (within the same word) made one of the letters seem wrong. Anyway, Changing the font to Articulate, as Tim suggested, seemed to help some, but, there's still a strange difference in the font sizes (within the same word!) that exists only on the preview and not in the editing mode. I did notice, however, that the problem exists only when the font size is 12 and below, so I enlarged the fonts and it looks better now. Still, if this information holds any clue regarding the reason for this, I would be happy to know. Thank you!
That is likely to do with the renderer of the font. Below 10 in most
software is ok but in storyline sometimes super small text is prone to
looking like its been squashed on certain characters. You also get this
with super thin fonts as they start to merge and display weirdly.
Thanks Dorit for the update - and as Tim and Leslie mentioned it may be the font and how it's rendering, so I'm glad a font size of 12 or higher and the Articulate font is helping make sure it appears as you'd like.
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Storyline does not handle symbols well in various fonts. I am confused as to why it would change on preview or export if it can display the character on the slide. The only thing I can suggest is trying it in Articulate font as its the programs default and should work where others fail.
Font handling in storyline is patchy at best even with system fonts.
Hi Dorit! I would be sure to utilize a Unicode font and also that you are utilizing the latest update of the software. If you are a new user, I would probably be Storyline 2, which would be Update 5. Welcome to E-Learning Heroes as well :)
Thank you both. I indeed use Storyline 2 and downloaded Update 5. First of all, after writing here I realized that the letters do appear alright, it's just that the difference in the font sizes (within the same word) made one of the letters seem wrong. Anyway, Changing the font to Articulate, as Tim suggested, seemed to help some, but, there's still a strange difference in the font sizes (within the same word!) that exists only on the preview and not in the editing mode. I did notice, however, that the problem exists only when the font size is 12 and below, so I enlarged the fonts and it looks better now. Still, if this information holds any clue regarding the reason for this, I would be happy to know. Thank you!
That is likely to do with the renderer of the font. Below 10 in most
software is ok but in storyline sometimes super small text is prone to
looking like its been squashed on certain characters. You also get this
with super thin fonts as they start to merge and display weirdly.
Thanks Dorit for the update - and as Tim and Leslie mentioned it may be the font and how it's rendering, so I'm glad a font size of 12 or higher and the Articulate font is helping make sure it appears as you'd like.
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