On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 03:49, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> I like! (We need better icons for the italic/bold controls, obviously... :^)
> )
In the mockup, I used 36-pt Ariel Black for the bold button.
> Seems happy under Debian Linux (Testing branch) using
> xserver-xfree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8.
That's nearly what I tested with. I also poked around on
a Red Hat box at Sourceforge, to see where Red Hat likes
to store fonts.
> I have a ton of fonts installed on my system, and Tux Paint picked them up!
> Most look pretty good.
Any that fail horribly?
> Now... I have a suggestion. Can we allow for even bigger text?
Maybe. It detracts from the WYSIWYG interface, unless the
buttons grow to fit the example text.
BTW, I chose "ag" because those two letters vary a lot.
There are two types of "a" and two types of "g".
For 36-pt without --upercase I'd like to use that.
With --uppercase, I'd like to use "FJ" or "L7". These
letters kern closely together. "AV" is nice too, but it
doesn't have any curves. (BTW, if --uppercase is going
to stay, it needs to quiet down before the release)
In large sizes, switching to just "a" would be useful.
This would allow going up to around 96-pt without needing
to break the WYSIWYG interface. In smaller sizes, another
letter would fit. I thought of adding "F", but maybe the
Brittish would be bothered? ("Fag" is slang for a cigarette)
Perhaps 12-pt should be added. (or 13-pt, but...)
I notice you added these: 56, 64, 96, 112, 128, 160.
Oddly, you left out 72 and 144. Maybe it doesn't matter
these days, with the FreeType engine and modern fonts,
but traditionally it's safer to pick simple ratios of 72.
Other sizes, at least historically, tend to look bad.
Perhaps this is only the case for tiny sizes, when a
patent-licenced rendering engine uses the hinting code
embedded in the font files.
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