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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    KDE SC 4.10.1 release assistance
From:       Torgny Nyblom <nyblom () kde ! org>
Date:       2013-03-01 16:37:17
Message-ID: 3494412.XsBGucHhBd () explosive ! nyblom ! org
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Hi,

as the release of KDE SC 4.10.1 is getting quite near we need some assistance 
from you for putting together a great announcement.

What we need is:
* A list of the most significant changes that are included, also mention if 
there is any risk of bumps in the upgrade.
* Screenshots showing the awsomeness of KDE

/Regards
Torgny Nyblom

Guidelines for release screenshots (mostly from Nuno Pinheiro):
- Use default wallpaper
- Use only two or three colors for anything that's not a photo
- Resolution 1280x720
- Use the same font everywhere. Oxygen or Liberation Sans is preferred;
  other sans fonts are workable.
- Use the default wallpaper
- Hinting style set to full. Even if you like big fonts, the result is
  much sharper if your hinting is set to full.
- Use a smaller font size like 8 or 9. Small fonts have a thinner
 trace that makes the font thickness be exactly 1 pixel. If your font
 thickness is not 1, then you are in trouble.  Low hinting style and
 large fonts make traces of about 1.3 - 1.5 thickness that result in
 blurry looking fonts. They are not only bad looking, they tend to
 produce headaches as your eyes try to constantly focus the font.
- Don't use bold. Bold fonts are not as readable as normal fonts
 because the width of the trace is usually larger than 1 and smaller
 than 2 producing blurry results.
- Make your fonts more greyish than blackish; gives much better
 sharpness results.

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