Tooltips Day #10

1 month ago
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We are ready to integrate the quarter glyph stamper into the tooltip overlay system . Because of the way font is aligned with the[ refresh_grid ] of our , UI , we have to stamp characters in 1/4 sub chunks . It might seem overly convoluted , but this is necessary to not violate the structure of the project .

How do I explain this .... You could insulate your house by wrapping it in saran wrap . But that would violate the pre existing structure .

You could make a tent out of trees and Saean wrap , that would be okay because you decided the foundational building material uses saran wrap .

If we want to insulate our house without violating the structure , we must create double paned windows .

Harder to make double paned windows than wrap house in Saran wrap , but will be easier to maintain in the long run .

We decided we wanted tooltip text perfectly centered . Having done this , our tooltip text is out of alignment with the UI grid all visuals are built around .

The only way to solve this alignment issue is to split our font glyphs down the middle on the x and y axis so that the subchunks are aligned to the user interface's [ refresh_grid ] .

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