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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Terminus as default font in kde?
From:       Arnold Krille <kde () arnoldarts ! de>
Date:       2007-12-15 23:07:55
Message-ID: 200712160008.04425.kde () arnoldarts ! de
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Hi,

Am Samstag, 15. Dezember 2007 schrieb martin:
> Hi. I'd like to propose a little change to the default kde
> configuration. How about changing default font to "terminus"? In my
> opinion it is the best looking font ever created. It works great for
> everything, especially coding (far better then Courier). Take a look at
> this shot: http://www.schreder.nu/wiki/images/a/aa/Kde-terminus.png
> Just a thought :)

Just six thoughts:

1) We live in the 21 century now. Using courier fonts all over the screen is 
_so_ oldschool...
2) Fixed-width fonts only work good for coding and console. Otherwise the 
users love real fonts using the full featureset of variable width 
text-setting.
3) Most fonts on screen look a lot better than your screenshot because 
anti-aliasing is enabled.
4) Let the artists discuss these things, they even have their own mailinglist.
5) I don't really see any big difference between terminus and courier. But I 
do see a big difference between your terminus screenshot and my daily-use 
desktop. Guess which looks better. :-)
6) Oh, and history has shown that changing some kde-default is never a "little 
change". It results in flamewars and such things...

Arnold
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