In MacDraw when I grab a handle to resize a grouped set of text objects (each comprising a single character), their positioning gets changed, but the text characters maintain their original size.
In Intaglio, the text characters get stretched just as if they were graphic objects.
Is there a way to get Intaglio to behave like MacDraw in this respect? Or is this due to a fundamental change from Quickdraw to Quartz which cannot be avoided?
Not sure I can follow you. Do you have shift-key on when scaling with the selection tool? It worked on grouped text elements as well as on selected text elements by changing the font size at the text inspector. At least here with v3.4.4 on SnowLeopard.
Select all objects with shift key down or draw rectangle with selection tool around all objects - click onto selection and drag. This don´t work for you?
No. Kerning applies to the spacing between letters in a single string. I’m taking about expanding or contracting the space between a set of objects which in this case happens to comprise letters.
If MacDraw handles it that way it sounds like a bug to me - I mean scale the whole thing or nothing - but text flips back in it´s original size after scaling? Seriously? Maybe you can benefit from Intaglios Align&Distribute function: https://www.shotroom.com/i/392/0l2WN
Many thanks for jumping in on this thread. Maybe you are right that it is a bug, however, it was very convenient for me because I used it to adjust musical scores that I create with an application that I programmed (it creates PICT files). Occasionally the staff on which the letters (notes) are placed is too long or too short. so I change it’s length and all the letters (notes and other objects) move in proportion to the adjustment - the letters don’t actually change in size. The Align and Distribute function can’t do this.
No - he wants repositioning without scaling.
I find align+distribute will do it; stretching is in one go. Compressing can take a few steps: http://s24.postimg.org/ok972vuit/Aligning.png
Thanks Frank.
I had tried align+distribute but it aligns all the objects equally across the span. I need to preserve the relative distances between them.
By the way, how would I include an image with this posting?
cdhw: love the cartoon. The time saving routines will no doubt be dreamed up by ‘consultants’ who charge enormous amounts of money for their ‘expertise’.
To upload pictures, save a file as a JPEG and in the Finder, add ‘.jpg’ to the filename. In an image hosting site such as postimage.org, click the ‘Browse’ button and select the JPEG. When the upload has completed, copy the address. In the forum, paste the address.