To identify characters that render well at small font sizes I'd like to see a "tiny character" version of each character in the corner of the GridView items when in Character Map View. As a prototype I added an additional TextBlock in the GridView item DataTemplate:
<TextBlock
x:Name="TinyText"
Padding="0,0,0,0"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
IsTextScaleFactorEnabled="False"
IsColorFontEnabled="True"
Foreground="Navy"
FontSize="8"/>
A control to toggle the visibility of the "tiny character" could be placed on the OptionsPanel. Alternatively, the control on the OptionsPanel could have a list of size/color combinations to select from. It would be great if the size, color and position of the tiny version could be selected in the settings (in the case of multiple size/color options there could be a set of fixed color/sizes along with a single "Custom" option in the settings).
Here is how the prototype appears:
(The heart "tiny character" is magnified for illustration)
To identify characters that render well at small font sizes I'd like to see a "tiny character" version of each character in the corner of the GridView items when in Character Map View. As a prototype I added an additional TextBlock in the GridView item DataTemplate:
A control to toggle the visibility of the "tiny character" could be placed on the OptionsPanel. Alternatively, the control on the OptionsPanel could have a list of size/color combinations to select from. It would be great if the size, color and position of the tiny version could be selected in the settings (in the case of multiple size/color options there could be a set of fixed color/sizes along with a single "Custom" option in the settings).
Here is how the prototype appears:
(The heart "tiny character" is magnified for illustration)