Hi
Yes we could, but :
- We have to do this for EVERY ICON
- We must try for each icon, each language, to be sure it's great looking
...
Then, with using B,U and S for each language, the advantage is it's the
same letter than it is in keyboard shortcut (at least it is in french
instead of G, S and I )
But even with that, I stay for using A for every icon today, and then,
someday, when major problems are solved, introduce this (little) feature.
Kévin
2012/3/16 Ivan Silva Lago Filho ivan...@gmail.com
As I said before and got no response, we could take the A samples and
dinamically modify the contents of the tspan tag according to the
language, since SVG is XML-based.
2012/3/16 Sabin Densmore sa...@onegecko.com
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 sa...@onegecko.com
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/design@global.libreoffice.org/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
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