[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Fwd: [DESIGN] Revisiting Read Activity default font

[Sandra Thaxter]

Frederick .. Manuel ,

We should consider the font clear at all  resolutions and screen lighting
backlighting or no backlighting.. Some fonts breakdown as fewer pixels are
available for display.  XO resolutions is generally great, but we shouldn't
count on that if we are thinbking of standards, let's get the simpliest and
crispest.  this is not my field, so I don't have any opinion.  There are
people who really know which fonts hold up in the conditions we will want
to target.  Consult with them.

I would avoid handwriting fonts because of dislexia, kids who need glasses
bu don't have them,  many languages ... .

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Frederick Grose <fgrose at gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Manuel Quiñones <manuq at laptop.org>
> Date: 2012/4/26
> Subject: [Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Revisiting Read Activity default font
> To: Sugar-dev Devel <sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org>
> Cc: dcrossland at google.com, Guillermo Espertino <gespertino at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi list,
>
> I will try to wrap an interesting discussion that has arisen today on
> IRC.  We talked about a better default font for our e-book reader,
> Read activity, and the possibility to add a new feature to change that
> font (in the activity itself or as a system setting).  Obviously not
> for landing in this cycle, we have a lot of pending things to do, but
> would be nice to keep trac on this if there is some consensus.
>
> I'm cc'ing Guillermo Espertino, professional free software designer,
> and Dave Crossland, font consultor at Google Webfonts, who also
> participated.  Please answer to all because they may not be in
> sugar-devel mailing list.
>
> So, the current default is DejaVu LGC Serif.  HoboPrimate suggested
> Century Schoolbook L as a better font.  Guillermo said to me that
> Gentium Book would be the ideal.
>
> But Gonzalo, current Read maintainer, said that he has intentions to
> move to Sans.  Now I understand that Serif fonts are being used in
> books more because of historical reasons, and that we should think
> what would be better for children.  He also pointed that teachers ask
> for a hand-writting font, and that there are special fonts designed
> for dyslexic people.
>
> Finally, Dave pointed us to http://kidstype.org and the Fabula
> typeface.  Looks interesting indeed.
>
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