Ok, seems we have yet another thread to keep discussing a same topic that I kinda started. Anyway, if the focus of the debate has changed indeed, I suggest changing the thread name and adding (was: "xxxx" <= old thread subject), in this case: (was: (wip) Preferences file).
So, I did bring this up, how patches look differently in vanilla according to the operating system, and how they look different from extended / purr data (which, on their own, look consistent in all platforms and also look like each other!).
Changing the font metrics from Vanilla to extended's/purr data's doesn't compromise the patch as the other way around does. Cause opening extended patches in the vanilla's metrics does compromise the visual experience a lot, creating all sorts of overlaps... I already pointed this out in the previous threads.
So, keeping it objective and not to repeat myself too much, I consider this an issue, an undesired behaviour, a bug, whatever, and I hope we could fix it. Any opposition? What is the best way to do this?