Good point, sorry about that. At any rate, I'm not convinced that a single letter -- upper- or lowercase -- is clear enough for a couple of reasons: 1. Iconography -- which is what an abstract uppercase "A" really is -- can be more confusing than language unless that icon is really clear. 2. The difference between the "A" when capitalized & bolded is not clear enough in most fonts that would look good on an interface. It's a really subtle change.
That said, consistent order in the placement of the images, immediate feedback, and familiarity with the system(s) will probably be enough to override the above, but I think it's worth noting just for the sake of discussion, anyhow. Whatever font is currently used for international symbols and signs, though, might be the place to start. - sabin On 3/15/2012 3:56 AM, Sveinn í Felli wrote: > Þann fim 15.mar 2012 03:55, skrifaði King Duck: >> I think it's because the words for bold and italic change depending on the >> language. If you just use a character and show the effect, it tells the >> user what it does without having to refer to a specific word. >> >> ~ Maggie >> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Sabin Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Just out of curiosity, is there a particular reason we're not using "B" >>> and "I" to indicate Bold and Italic? I don't care either way, but am >>> curious as to why. >>> >>> For what it's worth, Thunderbird (what I'm using now) uses a capital >>> letter "A". It's just hard to tell the difference between an italic "A" >>> and a non-italic "A". >>> >>> - sd > I've responded to a similar question before: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg03712.html> > > Saw also that someone asked why not use lowercase letters. It's the > same principle; uppercase *A*, /A/ and _A_ should be recognisable as > *pictograms* representing the first letter of the Latin alphabet. > There is a reason why signs read "EXIT" and not "Exit" at > international airports - and also why those are progressively being > replaced by symbolised person/arrow/door. > > Just thoughts. > > Sveinn > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
