Re: [libreoffice-design] [VI] Consistent theme for screenshots

Le 2011-06-24 16:48, Jean Hollis Weber a écrit :
> On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 11:06 -0400, Marc Paré wrote:
> > Le 2011-06-24 03:35, Astron a écrit :
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just tried out different LibO greens with my titlebars:
> > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Green0.png
> > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Green1.png
> > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Green2.png
> > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Green3.png
> > >
> > > I think Green 0 actually looks best, but I am not completely sold on
> > > this. The other greens seem a bit aggressive.
> > >
> > > Another thing to think about is font. I would propose (for Linux
> > > systems) FreeSans, a Helvetica copy, which is almost universally
> > > installed and works well as an interface font. When setting this,
> > > think about font hinting, too. Should Cleartype (Windows)/sub-pixel
> > > hinting (and what level) (Linux) be enabled or not? Subpixel hinting
> > > looks bad in print, on CRTs or on LCD screens that use a different
> > > sub-pixel ordering, but is much smoother on R-G-B LCD screens.
> > >
> > >
> > > Astron.
> > I just checked on my system (Mageia 1 ->  a Mandriva fork), FreeSans is
> > not installed. How is the Liberation font family for print? This font is
> > definitely installed on all linux boxes. If we are to adopt a specific
> > font, we should make sure that it is a maintained font and that we can
> > either have a link to a site where it can be downloaded from or we
> > should store in on our own servers. I also think that it should be
> > opensource.
> >
> > I think I had seen somewhere on one of the wiki pages, a specific
> > recommendation for a font for print, was is not Vegur?
>
> We are using Liberation Sans for headings and text in the user guides.
> It prints well (sharp and dark, good contrast) in addition to being very
> readable on-screen. (We use Liberation Mono for code.)
>
> --Jean
The added benefit of perhaps using the Liberation font family is that 
RedHat is the author of these fonts and that they are on-board with 
LibreOffice. If we need some "tweaking" of the fonts, they would maybe 
consider doing this to help us out.

Cheers

Marc

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Marc Paré
http://www.parEntreprise.com


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