On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:00:08 -0800 (PST), dolphin wrote: > I think, it would be less confusing for laymen to > additionally: > * display replacements like "monospace" more > noticeable, for example italicized > * write a hint behind the replacement name > - not "monospace" as now > - but "monospace (system settings)" > - or "monospace system settings" > - or "monospace (system default)" > - or "monospace (fontconfig settings)" > - or "monospace (fontconfig default)" > - or "monospace (operating system provided)" > - or "monospace (os provided)" > * make a horizontal line between "monospace (system settings)" > and the remaining list entries
Those sound like sensible suggestions. I don't know whether Mac and Windows have equivalent default fonts for each generic font. The current system is not really set up to treat these differently (it may have been designed with other systems in mind), but it would be possible to change things. I notice though that my KDE apps just treat the generic family names like real family names, in alphabetical order even, in their font selection dialog boxes, so the concept is probably not too foreign to users who have selected font families in other applications. _______________________________________________ dev-tech-layout mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-layout
