[PD] Vote your font! [was: fonts on GNU/Linux]

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On May 18, 2007, at 12:52 PM, [*~] wrote:

> Derek Holzer said :
>> Well, since everybody else is doing it....
>>
>> [x] normal.png
>> [ ] bold.png
>>
>> Bold is just too heavy and space-filling for normal use. The  
>> ability to
>> switch to bold (or even designate certain comments as boldface) seems
>> much more logical, captain.
>
> [x] bold.png
>
> hum, i would vote for bold. although i can understand the space- 
> filling issue, bold is still easier to
> read(for me). besides, it might also be eaiser for new users too,  
> making reading help/tutorial files less
> painfull..

I am curious why you would choose bold here, yet in desiredata, you  
choose a normal font.  Is there some specifics about the font  
itself?  Maybe it would make sense to draw the boxes lighter, like  
not quite black, but more a dark gray.  That would make the normal  
font stand out more.

.hc

>
> cheers
>
> chun
>
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>> d.
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