Thank You!        ;) 

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From: Matthias Seidel [mailto:matthias.sei...@hamburg.de] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 4:41 AM
To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: [Discussion] Increase font size in AOO help?

Hi all!

Am 22.07.2018 um 23:49 schrieb Kay Schenk:
>
> On 07/21/2018 02:04 PM, Matthias Seidel wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Am 21.07.2018 um 16:51 schrieb Matthias Seidel:
>>> Am 21.07.2018 um 16:28 schrieb Marcus:
>>>> Am 21.07.2018 um 10:57 schrieb Matthias Seidel:
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe it is just me getting old. ;-) But I would like to have the 
>>>>> font size increased in AOO help. Not for the headings, etc. but 
>>>>> for the flowing text.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the moment it is at 10pt and (especially on Windows) hard to 
>>>>> read for me.
>>>>> I would propose to increase it to 11pt.
>>>>>
>>>>> To make the difference more visible, I made screenshots to compare:
>>>>> https://home.apache.org/~mseidel/AOO%20help%2010pt%20vs.%2011pt.pd
>>>>> f
>>>> first I thought 10 or 11, is the difference really that big? But it 
>>>> is indeed - thanks to your screenshot.
>>>>
>>>> What about Linux and Mac, is the difference there also that big?
>>> I could try to build for Linux (or provide a simple patch). I can 
>>> definitely not test for macOS.
>>>
>>> It also depends on the fonts that are installed on the system:
>>> Bitstream Vera Sans, Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, Geneva, Helmet, 
>>> sans-serif, Andale Sans UI, Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode 
>>> ,Tahoma
>>>
>>> The file is simple CSS and not changed for a long time, so the list 
>>> could be extended with specific Linux and macOS fonts.
>> It is even easier to try out different sizes and fonts:
>> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Fix_issues#Tweaking_appearance
>>
>> Regards,
>>    Matthias
> Great find! I will try some of these. In any case, if you want to 
> change the default, go right ahead.
> As someone who is annoyed almost daily with font issues, the 
> difference between 10pt and 11pt is quite a bit. :)

So I am not the only one... ;-)

As I see no objections against it, I plan to commit the first files on
Wednesday.
Including the languages used by our buildbots so we have something to test
on Thursday.

Regards,
   Matthias

>
>>> Regards,
>>>    Matthias
>>>
>>>> Nevertheless, I support your suggestion to increase the font size 
>>>> for the normal text.
>>>>
>>>> Marcus
>>>>
>>>>
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