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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KDefault font
From:       Luciano Montanaro <mikelima () virgilio ! it>
Date:       2004-05-12 8:27:35
Message-ID: 200405121027.35090.mikelima () virgilio ! it
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On Wednesday 12 May 2004 03:43, Art Carney wrote:
> My favorite font for UI is News Gothic by Bitstream. Incredible legibility 
> without the smeariness that Vera Sans, Verdana, and Arial often have. The 
> glyphs are crisp and slightly taller most sans-serif fonts for a look that is 
> attractive and readable for long periods of time.
> 
> Unfortunately, the News Gothic fonts aren't free.
> 
> On Tuesday 11 May 2004 12:21 pm, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> > Dnia poniedzia³ek, 10 maja 2004 00:44, Davide Ferrari napisa³:
> > > Alle 22:02, domenica 9 maggio 2004, Alexander Nordström ha scritto:
> > > > I find Freesans incredibly sexy and readable. I use it for just about
> > > > everything and force all Web pages to use it. Personally, I wouldn't
> > > > mind seeing it adopted as a standard for the desktop.
> > >
> > > My 2cents..I found Cursor a really nice and readable font, ways better
> > > than Helvetica.
> >
> > Helvetica is one of the worst... I was looking for some time and settled
> > with Verdana. Font itself is rather ugly but has very good readability
> > - ideal for interface.
> >
> > m.

I'm not too fond of helvetica myself. I have used Lucida-based configurations
for a long time now, and I'm still using it on my slow laptop.
however, if this discussion has to produce anything useful, there is no point in
suggesting non-free fonts. In fact, probably the only viable fonts are those
supplied with X. 

Luciano 
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