Fontsize / size of digits Reaktor 6 ?

FORMA FLUIDA
FORMA FLUIDA Member Posts: 3 Newcomer
edited October 22 in Reaktor
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  • Does anyone know - how is it possible to get these digits bigger? They are so small..

  • Especially the frequency numbers.


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  • Big Gnome
    Big Gnome Member Posts: 37 Helper
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    Well, you're pretty much stuck for the time being with the 7px bitmap font for those built-in panel elements, which is an atavism of Reaktor's late-90's/early 2000's heritage; but as a workaround you can use Text or Multitext elements, which do support a (very limited) set of outline fonts that can be resized and colored.

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  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,108 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/18307/fontsize-size-of-digits-reaktor-6

    1- Enter EDIT mode and go to the knob/value you want to change (a knob, in the example below).

    2- From the sidebar menu, choose Properties and then View.

    3- In View tab, check Size

    4- If "Big" is already selected, then your option is the Image. You have to load a custom icon, or an icon from another ensemble.


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    For change size of values, it is the the same process more or less (depends on the selected module type), but you dealing with text options mostly, instead of images

  • Big Gnome
    Big Gnome Member Posts: 37 Helper
    Answer ✓

    Well, you're pretty much stuck for the time being with the 7px bitmap font for those built-in panel elements, which is an atavism of Reaktor's late-90's/early 2000's heritage; but as a workaround you can use Text or Multitext elements, which do support a (very limited) set of outline fonts that can be resized and colored.

  • FORMA FLUIDA
    FORMA FLUIDA Member Posts: 3 Newcomer

    Thanks a lot to you both! :)

    @Sunborn I know this procedure. The values are the important things that I have to see bigger (much bigger..)

    @Big Gnome Thats exactly the point! What can I do to use Text or Multitext elements? I don't see a text window or something else in the view window.

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,108 mod
    edited November 2023
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/112169#Comment_112169

    First step:

    Go on each element you need to change (such as a knob) and deactivate "Show Label" and "Show Value"

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    Second step:

    Go in the Structure view and add this Macro on every element you want to see a value

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    Inside structure of the Macro is this:

    The "key" here, is a Multi Text

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    Final step:

    On this Multi Text, go to "View" and experiment with fonts and sizes

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    ...and here is the Value Macro:

    Value Macro.zip


    Note: This specific Multi Text inside that Macro, has 100 values. From 0 to 10 (scaled as 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 etc).

    If you need different values you have to enter them, one by one from scratch, or you can import a predefined text document with the values you want (...believe it or not, once, i made a multi text for a Cutoff with... 5000 values -an exhausting experience- 😨)

    Oh, you can even use letters instead of numbers, or full phrases if you wish! For example, a multi text with 5 Filter Type names, as you change the filter type, it also changes its name... etc. etc.

    Good luck :-)

  • colB
    colB Member Posts: 993 Guru
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/112238#Comment_112238

    Another variation is to use a multi-text per digit an write code to convert a value into outputs for the individual digit displays:

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    This way you can tailor your numerics to specific purposes without having to go crazy producing different 1000+ entry multitexts. Requires some fettling though ;)

    There was some related discussion on the old forum. Cant remember what examples I posted, but IIRC I built a scientific notation display in this manner. Was a fun project.

    There is a Hexadecimal display for 'phase' in digit8 which probably works similarly. All the digit8 numeric displays are code based like this because they are rendered on a faux character grid screen. They use an 8x8 pixel font instead of multi-text. Fun times!

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  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,108 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/112281#Comment_112281

    Clever one, thank you!

  • FORMA FLUIDA
    FORMA FLUIDA Member Posts: 3 Newcomer

    Wow. Thanks a lot @colB and @Sunborn for your input! Wish you merry x mas!

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