Re: [dev] [dmenu] xft patch

From: Anders Andersson <pipatron_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:09:42 +0100

You think maybe this depends a bit on screen size, screen distance,
resolution, and color scheme?

It seems optimized for smaller screens and resolutions, and I think
those types of fonts works very well on a black background and light
foreground.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Justin Jackson <jjackson385_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah...the regular version is too thin for me. I use 16pt bold for everything.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Nathan Neff <nathan.neff_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Justin Jackson <jjackson385_AT_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Have you tried Terminus? That's my favorite
>>> constant-width/shell/programming font. Setting up a regular X font is
>>> a little bit painful, but this one is worth the trouble.
>>>
>>
>> I've tried Terminus -- I see it all over the Arch boards.
>>
>> Personally, I think it's much too thin of a font.  I don't know
>> what all the fuss is about -- I see screenshots all over the place, and I
>> can't read it very well.
>>
>> Thanks though!
>> --Nate
>>
>>>
>>> Terminus homepage:
>>> http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Thayer Williams <thayerw_AT_gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Nathan Neff <nathan.neff_AT_gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> I had to find a way to burn my other planned 50 minutes, so I wrote
>>> >> this
>>> >> e-mail.
>>> >
>>> > Hehe now if only antialiased fonts didn't look so bad =)
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Received on Thu Jan 28 2010 - 07:09:42 UTC

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Thu Jan 28 2010 - 07:12:02 UTC