The Testing Area :: February Extensions



I've submitted a new application:

nafe-0.1.exe.tar.gz

It contains two executables, one for turning console fonts into a special text file format.  The other for turning the text file format back into a font.

There are _no_ extra files.  For directions, go to the sourceforge site.

Actual font design can be done with the use of a text editor.

Given the amount of grumbling about the fonts that come with DSL (and other *nix's), we might see some friendly font building competition.
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Check this screenshot of the Aero theme in gtk-pixmap.dsl:

Wow. I mean no disrespect, but that would be a really annoying interface from my point of view. The buttons have to be twice as large as they need to be just so the highlight doesn't obscure the text.
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Check this screenshot of the Aero theme in gtk-pixmap.dsl:

Wow. I mean no disrespect, but that would be a really annoying interface from my point of view. The buttons have to be twice as large as they need to be just so the highlight doesn't obscure the text.

Huh?  No disrespect here either (after all, you've made some admirable contributions), but I don't get the connection.

I'm discussing text mode fonts, such as used during boot up.

My thinking is - if a person starts to boot DSL and sees that it has directions in a language they can read, they'll be:

- immediately impressed;

- more likely to stick through DSL's learning curve;

- have an easier time climbing that learning curve;

- more likely to reccommend DSL to others; and

- more likely to contribute translations that can be added to scripts and applications.

If we're moving toward larger kernels and dropping more and more GUI -based apps to keep the ISO within the 50 MB limit, then text fonts are going to be increasingly important.

There's an opportunity here that will benefit DSL --- _IF_ the user community is willing to contribute.  I'm not asking the developers to do much other than include the files we produce in the distribution.
newby: you're reading the wrong reply.  Look at the quote that he has quoted.  Since I'm replying anyways, I'd say I'd have to agree with mikshaw (and that patterned background just makes it worse imo)
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newby: you're reading the wrong reply.

Apparantly so - serves me right for posting at O'Dark Hundred.
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