On 30/11/13 07:29, Alfredo Hernández
wrote:
Hi all,
I have a few changes in mind for the desktop appearance for
the upcoming version of Ubuntu
GNOME.
- Ditch Cantarell.
Cantarell,
our default font, is a good typeface, but it's not
completely localisated
(i.e., it's not available for all alphabets) and it has
legibility problems on small sizes (personally I think
<13pt). I truly belive
we should ship Driod
Sans. It's available on the official repositories (fonts-droid)
and it also offers a mono-spaced version (which should be
used in the terminal as well). Using Droid Sans
will allow us to ship a consistent desktop experience
independently of the installation language.
My though would be to stay with Cantarell, however if you really
want to change the font, then perhaps do some mock-ups showing the
differences between Canterall, Droid San and perhaps Ubuntu Font.
- New default wallpaper. Some people don't like
very much the GNOME Foot wallpaper. It's dark and it also
somehow hides at first sight GNOME Shell. With a more
colourful wallpaper, the top bar will look more prominent.
This is what I have in mind http://www.deviantart.com/art/GNOME-Mesh-414786193.
I have talked with Reda and he's fine about us using it.
I do wonder if this might break the GNOME Trademark guidelines?
Either way we really should try and organise a community wallpaper
contest this cycle.
Now, both changes are quite easy to implement. The
counterpart is that GNOME Shell would require to patch the
font in the .css file.
What do you think about this proposal?
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