[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Fwd: [IAEP] Set GNU GPL in monospace font

[Ryan Cunningham]

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> From: Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com>
> Date: February 15, 2014 at 10:44:57 AM PST
> To: Ryan Cunningham <rvskmbrly3 at gmail.com>
> Cc: iaep <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Set GNU GPL in monospace font
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the best place to post this is sugar-devel, also put [DESIGN] in the title to attract design team attention. Thanks!
> 
> 
>> On 15 February 2014 19:43, Ryan Cunningham <rvskmbrly3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Are any of you convinced to set the GNU GPL in a monospace font in the 'About My Computer' control panel? If so, here's a patch for it (at the bottom).
>> 
>> The GNU GPL text file (v2.0) looks quite bad in a proportional font; but someone over at your GitHub repositories said that proportional fonts are better for dyslexic people.
>> 
>> Here, I import an additional standard PyGTK class, "Pango" (from the module "gi.repository"), to handle font switching.
>> 
>> ---
>> diff --git a/extensions/cpsection/aboutcomputer/view.py b/extensions/cpsection/aboutcomputer/view.py
>> index 6235e5c..5714145 100644
>> --- a/extensions/cpsection/aboutcomputer/view.py
>> +++ b/extensions/cpsection/aboutcomputer/view.py
>> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
>> 
>>  from gettext import gettext as _
>> 
>> -from gi.repository import Gtk
>> +from gi.repository import Gtk, Pango
>>  from gi.repository import Gdk
>> 
>>  from sugar3.graphics import style
>> @@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ def license_expander_cb(self, expander, param_spec):
>>              view_license = Gtk.TextView()
>>              view_license.set_editable(False)
>>              view_license.get_buffer().set_text(self._model.get_license())
>> +            fd = Pango.FontDescription('Monospace')
>> +            view_license.modify_font(fd)
>>              view_license.show()
>>              expander.add(view_license)
>>          else:
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Daniel Narvaez
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