just one random thought
Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
My first feeling when I saw the non-bold Pd was similar to your
reaction: it seemed hard to read. I decided to try it for a while,
since every other app I use does not use bold fonts. Now I am use to
it and have a hard time reading the old bold Pd patches, especially
compared to the new font at 12pt. One big annoyance is the tiny - in
DejaVu. Arg... Anyone want to make a Pd font?
one of Pd's major weaknesses in terms of usability is (imo) that it is rather unfit for "visually impaired" (as frank has nicely braught to our attention). being somewhat visually impaired too, i would really love to see that readability becomes a really important design factor. making subjective judgements is probably not the correct way to do it.
changing the fonts to be the same on all platforms is definitely a good start. i would be very reluctant about changing the font-types (this is: bold/..., serifs, size, ...) without very good reasons to do so. i am no expert in this field, but i fear that very few people here are.
i vote for not changing too much, based solely on subjective impressions.
so: go ahead unifying the fonts. but do not change the appearance without good reasons.
just 2¢ from the conservatives.
ms.dft IOhannes