On Apr 17, 2007, at 3:28 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
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.
I agree on all points. The reason I tried a non-bold font is because
many people have asked for it, most people use non-bold fonts for
regular reading, etc. But one setup will not suit all people, so the
next step needs to be the ability to set the font. That's a much
bigger problem, AFIAK.
.hc
just 2ยข from the conservatives.
ms.dft IOhannes
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