On Apr 17, 2007, at 3:28 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: > just one random thought > > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >> >> My first feeling when I saw the non-bold Pd was similar to your >> reaction: it seemed hard to read. I decided to try it for a while, >> since every other app I use does not use bold fonts. Now I am use to >> it and have a hard time reading the old bold Pd patches, especially >> compared to the new font at 12pt. One big annoyance is the tiny - in >> DejaVu. Arg... Anyone want to make a Pd font? >> > > one of Pd's major weaknesses in terms of usability is (imo) that it is > rather unfit for "visually impaired" (as frank has nicely braught > to our > attention). > being somewhat visually impaired too, i would really love to see that > readability becomes a really important design factor. > making subjective judgements is probably not the correct way to do it. > > changing the fonts to be the same on all platforms is definitely a > good > start. > i would be very reluctant about changing the font-types (this is: > bold/..., serifs, size, ...) without very good reasons to do so. > i am no expert in this field, but i fear that very few people here > are. > > i vote for not changing too much, based solely on subjective > impressions.
> > > so: > go ahead unifying the fonts. > but > do not change the appearance without good reasons. I agree on all points. The reason I tried a non-bold font is because many people have asked for it, most people use non-bold fonts for regular reading, etc. But one setup will not suit all people, so the next step needs to be the ability to set the font. That's a much bigger problem, AFIAK. .hc > > > just 2ยข from the conservatives. > > ms.dft > IOhannes > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ > listinfo/pd-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- kill your television _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list