[PD] [PD-announce] Pd-0.39.2-extended-rc1 released // fonts

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

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