[ubuntu-art] Droid Fonts

[Bharat Varma]

On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 1:39 AM, Conn <subpsyke at eircom.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Anton Kerezov <ankere at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I think that we should definitely use this fonts because they will make
>> the user feel the difference between old and new and because they save
>> more space on the screen and look more organised.
>>
>
> Ubuntu uses 10pt fonts by default, whereas Windows uses 9pt, for example.
> Usually the first change I make is to reduce the system font sizes (and
> hinting), to conserve more screen space (as my laptop is limited to
> 1024x768, and GNOME seems to have a lot of widget "whitespace"). Having the
> default font size at 9pt would be an excellent change, with new or old
> fonts.
>

I second this. I have a 19 inch lcd with a 1280x1024 resolution. Though I
have enough space available on my desktop, shifting to a 9pt font size is
the first thing I do ( I used to have liberation sans and have recently
shifted to droid sans ). Perhaps someone with more experience in usability
than me can shed more light on this. May be we can put in a small poll on
ubuntu forums and find out the kind of font sizes people use. If majority of
users shift to 9pt fonts, may be we can use that as default.
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