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<H1>[Mageia-dev] new fonts?</H1>
<B>Liam R E Quin</B>
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<I>Mon Sep 24 19:21:58 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>On Mon, 2012-09-24 at 15:57 +0200, EatDirt wrote:
><i> I think we should pay attention to the default fonts we will choose for
</I>><i> mga3, indeed. That's the very first reflex of any user, either you like,
</I>><i> or you don't, that would even deserve a contest may be.
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Reaction to typefaces depends on several factors -
. familiarity (e.g. Europeans are generally more familiar with reading
long texts in sans serif faces than Americans);
. eyesight, contrast, lighting and viewing distance (this is especially
true of whether antialiasing is considered a huge, 10,000 times
improvement in readability or is considered an ugly distraction;
. rendering quality - irregularities tend to be distracting and cause
fatigue but people often say they like them at first;
. culture (e.g. Cyrillic / Fraktur / Antiqua);
. default font sizes and inter-linear spacing - unfortunately many
applications don't give control over inter-linear spacing, showing that
the programmers do not have a background in typography :-)
There's a whole bunch of research that's been done around each of these
factors (and more).
You won't find a single set of fonts that works for everyone, and a
popular vote probably isn't the best way forward to choose one.
On the other foot, a community effort around font packaging and
improving themes would likely have a huge benefit.
Liam
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