option to show coordinates of points on hover

[cmyr]

How we want to surface this sort of information is a fairly big design question, but at the very least it would be nice if we could see the actual coordinates of a point during editing.

[raphlinus]

Hover is one approach, and another is to show the coordinates of the selected point or points. In the latter case, I think exposing the center and extent of the bounding box is good.

[madig]

TruFont and Glyphs show this information when the ruler tool is selected.

[eliheuer]

another is to show the coordinates of the selected point or points.

I made a mockup of how this might look. Note the selected coordinate location in the lower info box as well as by the selected point.

Then, with multiple selected points, the coordinate anchor point can be set with a widget (bottom left, top right, center, etc...).

[ctrlcctrlv]

I have to say @eliheuer, that mockup is the most beautiful graphic I've ever seen in an issue about UI in free software.

Not kissing your ass, really, it's really good. I knew you were a good type designer, but I didn't know you were such a good designer in general. I want your mockup as my PC's UI!

[eliheuer]

@ctrlcctrlv Thanks! I was a UI designer in the game industry a long time ago, I even worked on some pixel fonts: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,204625/

[madig]

Let's make font design a game.

[davelab6]

@eliheuer where is the source for these mocks? (EDIT: Ah, its here on Figma) The toolbar icons are nice! Would be great to use them, I think :) I also am digging the use of the monospace font for the UI (IBM Plex Mono?)

[eliheuer]

@davelab6 I have a public Figma Community profile now that has my wireframes for Runebender, which includes the metaball tool mockup and soon a Turtle REPL tool mockup as well: https://www.figma.com/@elih