Re: [cdesktopenv-devel] Default font change

2021-02-07 Thread Jon Trulson
On 2/6/21 2:08 PM, Chase via cdesktopenv-devel wrote: > I can get behind this, I know there was talk of using motif's XFT > support for a bit, but I don't think anything ever came of it... > Some good portions of CDE can run using XFT - I believe Peter spent some time playing with this.  Of course

Re: [cdesktopenv-devel] Default font change

2021-02-07 Thread Jon Trulson
On 2/6/21 12:20 PM, Lev via cdesktopenv-devel wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to gather feedback from everyone on the list on whether > we should switch the default font (a bitmap rendering of Lucida) to a > manually adjusted screen font designed to maximize legibility. > > I’ve attached before an

Re: [cdesktopenv-devel] Default font change

2021-02-06 Thread Christopher Turkel
I’m for changing the default font, if an option to revert to the old one is kept, if possible. Right now, the fonts look way better on Debian than OpenBSD and hopefully a new default font will fix this. On Saturday, February 6, 2021, Lev via cdesktopenv-devel < cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.

Re: [cdesktopenv-devel] Default font change

2021-02-06 Thread Lev via cdesktopenv-devel
Hi, I sympathize with wanting to keep things the same. I believe the default CDE font was supposed to be Lucida Sans, but we’re using Lucida Bright for some reason. Does anyone have access to the Pellucida family? It was created by Bigelow and Holmes to be a hand-tweaked version of Lucida Sans

Re: [cdesktopenv-devel] Default font change

2021-02-06 Thread Brent Busby
Lev via cdesktopenv-devel writes: > I would like to gather feedback from everyone on the list on whether > we should switch the default font (a bitmap rendering of Lucida) to a > manually adjusted screen font designed to maximize legibility. > > I’ve attached before and after screenshots. On my L

Re: [cdesktopenv-devel] Default font change

2021-02-06 Thread Chase via cdesktopenv-devel
I can get behind this, I know there was talk of using motif's XFT support for a bit, but I don't think anything ever came of it... Thank you for your time, -Chase ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, February 6, 2021 1:20 PM, Lev via cdesktopenv-devel wrote: > Hello, > > I would like

[cdesktopenv-devel] Default font change

2021-02-06 Thread Lev via cdesktopenv-devel
Hello, I would like to gather feedback from everyone on the list on whether we should switch the default font (a bitmap rendering of Lucida) to a manually adjusted screen font designed to maximize legibility. I’ve attached before and after screenshots. On my LCD screen, I think this actually l