On 16 October 2013 16:31, Igor Stasenko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 16 October 2013 13:11, Goubier Thierry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Le 16/10/2013 11:50, Sven Van Caekenberghe a écrit : >> >> >>> On 16 Oct 2013, at 10:20, Goubier Thierry <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Interesting display, Sven. >>>> >>>> My take on that: >>>> >>>> * Aesthetics: the system has two fonts, not one. -1 if I review a >>>> document with more than one font. >>>> >>> >>> In all documents, you have at least two fonts: body and headings, often >>> quotes, examples, listings, etc have an another font to make them stand >>> out. In the new approach, the idea is that monospaced fonts indicate code >>> (in browsers, debuggers, workspaces). It is a useful principle. >>> >> >> You're right. But nobody would dare write headings in a monospaced font >> :) unless for an art project. >> >> >> * Coherence / uniformity: A class name, a method selector has a >>>> different shape in the GUI (proportional) than in the code (monospaced). >>>> Are they different objects? Can I recognize my class name in the code >>>> without reading it? >>>> >>> >>> Syntax highlighting should take care of that I guess. >>> >> >> I don't think so. This is no by making the selector green that it will >> look more like the proportional version in the pane above. >> >> Kind of disrupting the uniformity of the underlying model, when I'm >> pushing for things like smart suggestions where the GUI understands the >> objects written in the code. >> >> >> I think that if the monospaced font is a point size smaller that the >>> main sans font (e.g. 12 and 11) the excessive width problem or visual shock >>> is much more manageable. In any case, I am giving it a try. >>> >> >> Probably. But then individual characters may become harder to read and >> distinguish... sort of compromising character readability to make space for >> the added whitespace inherent to the monospaced font. >> >> I'd be more impressed if the argument was helping me distinguish between >> | and l. >> >> usually, most of sans-serif fonts barely distinguish between following 3: > l I | > (capital i, low-case el, pipe) > > test word:
Illiterate :) > I'l let you try, then :) >> >> Thierry >> >> -- >> Thierry Goubier >> CEA list >> Laboratoire des Fondations des Systèmes Temps Réel Embarqués >> 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex >> France >> Phone/Fax: +33 (0) 1 69 08 32 92 / 83 95 >> >> > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
