On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:59:26 +0100 Jan Rychter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> > On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:52:02 +0100 Wiesiek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > 2006/11/13, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:06:49 +0100 Wiesiek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > > is any plan to change it - something like change fonts accordingly to > > > > locale > > > > > > > > there are no plans to change the default font. you can change the font > > > > later if > > > > you want. we need to address font config with non western > > > > european/american > > > > locales "out of the box" but it is possible to change the font config. > > > > your > > > > suggestion does not solve chinese, japanese, or korean for example (nor > > > > hindi, > > > > thai etc. etc.) so it's far from a good solution. a proper solution > > > > solves all > > > > of these properly. > > > > > > > > > [What a pity - not to help central european :) ok.ok.ok] > > > > it's not about not helping you - it's about changing fonts for an inadequate > > solution. vera is a good font with good quality and a decent size - > > something we can ship and know wil work regardless of the host system. if > > you have better fonts/font sets etc. on your host system you CAN use them - > > as you do below. the only thing we need to do is make that "automatic" on > > first run - along with a billion other things that need to be auto-detected > > on first run based on the system e runs on. > > While I do understand what you're saying, I thought I'd pitch in -- I'm > not sure if you're aware of the fact that the DejaVu fonts are > derivatives of Bitstream Vera, with an extended character set. > > This means that without changing *anything* but the font file, you'd > make lots more users happy. People who use Bitstream Vera and are happy > with it wouldn't even notice the change, as the characters that exist in > Vera are exactly the same in DejaVu. You're just adding Extended Latin, > Greek, Cyrillic, and a number of other special characters. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DejaVu_fonts for details. > > I'm one of those people who need ISO-8859-2, and I also think that while > we should have a general solution, the default should address as much as > possible, especially if it's completely painless to implement. i looked into it - the dejavu font metrics are different its max ascent/decent are larger and this screws up sizing - everything now gets bigger but the actual text does not get bigger. i will stick to vera - it works without breaks/changes. > --J. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
