Changing font size (and type) within button text

[sstaub]

Is this a feature relevant to companion itself, and not a module?

• I believe this to be a feature for companion, not a module

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the feature

Changing font size (and type) within the button text would give more flexibility in designing buttons with out using an external graphic editor. Maybe in CSS style:

Usecases

No response

[dnmeid]

An overhaul of the button graphics generation is planned for the mid future. I can't promise when, if or in what kind rich text features will make it, but there will be substancial new possibilities.
I keep this request open as a reminder.

[jgclark]

Bumping this. Even having arbitrary font sizes would be good. I can't believe the current useful options are either 7pt or 14pt with nothing in between.

[Julusian]

Bumping this. Even having arbitrary font sizes would be good.

In 3.2 it does allow arbitrary sizes

[jgclark]

In 3.2 it does allow arbitrary sizes

It isn't for me on 3.2.0 stable or 3.3.0 betas (with macOS Intel builds). And I can't see an option in settings to turn on the newer behaviour either.
What am I missing?

[tonypiper]

I came here because I just upgraded my test environment to 3.2.0 (3.2.0+6663-stable-b83f412f). I've got nearly 100 buttons that looked great at 7pt size on <3.2, and they're now too small with the new font. It would be great to at least have 10pt in the dropdown list.

It's not obvious, but I also discovered you can type any value into the dropdown field. Hope this helps, @jgclark

[jonarnoldmusic]

It would be very helpful for me to be able to specify a different font for buttons. I've made a project that uses music symbols as the button face, and several of them in the default font (what is the default font, even?) don't look great. See examples here: https://forums.steinberg.net/t/bitfocus-companion-proof-of-concept-v-0-1/959513/8

[tonypiper]

@jonarnoldmusic according to #3187 (see #3187 (comment)), SVG support is implemented in the backend (but not yet in the UI). I wonder if that might be a better option than custom fonts?

[chrisspiegl]

SVG would be very promising. Especially if combined with the ability to build ICON packs or something for easily reusable button icons? Maybe even shareable as a pack.

[jonarnoldmusic]

That is exciting! Perhaps SVG is better in general, but for my use case specifying the font would prevent me from including button images in the config. They don't take up much file size, though. Some kind of SVG sizing would still be necessary: I'm making PNGs from SVGs for this project but nearly every button requires a different proportion to look nice.

[tonypiper]

See also #1728 for voting/comment.