usplash font suggestion

[Andrew Conkling]

On 5/6/06, Thilo Six <T.Six at gmx.de> wrote:
> Andrew Conkling wrote the following on 06.05.2006 14:12:
> >> Per default this is disabled for colorblind people, which is good.
> >
> > Perhaps I'm just ignorant, but why disable it in this case?  If one is
> > color blind, and confuses red and green, what would be the benefit of
> > having all gray text?  This would seem to be less desireable for the
> > majority of users.
>
> coc:
> Be respectful. The Ubuntu community and its members treat one another
> with respect.

For the record, I meant no disrespect.  I was asking a factual
question as to the particular use case of a person who is color blind.
 Sorry if I phrased my question unclearly.

> In my opinion this also is valid for disabled people.
>
> Disabled people are punished enough with their problems,

I think that seeing one's own disability as a punishment is a
stereotype.  Of course, people are surely punished by others for their
disability, so yes, we should avoid that in Ubuntu.  But I don't think
that's the case here.

> why would
> someone add an extra punishment and lock them out of the full experience
> of FOSS?

There are many instances where the default configuration of the
desktop is in color (.bashrc, X, Synaptic).  Colors are not the
problem; contrasting colors are.  Having a bright green OK and a
bright RED failed will be readable by anyone (since they'd be against
a black background), and easily distinguishable by color for those
that can see them.  Thus, making the words colored by default seems
like a fine idea.

Honestly, I'd worry more about Synaptic, where red means "remove" and
green means "install".

Cheers,
Andrew