[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7127) [FS] Screen design

["Raimar Falke" <i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >

On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 04:02:50AM -0800, Morgan Jones wrote:
> 
> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >
> 
> > While I can't speak about the license I can show some screenshots:
> > http://freeciv.org/~rfalke/fs3_pics/vera.png
> > http://freeciv.org/~rfalke/fs3_pics/verdana.png
> > http://freeciv.org/~rfalke/fs3_pics/tahoma.png (no bold)
> > 
> I think the Vera font is probably the nicest of these, though it seems
> to have a few strange kerning issues (the 'P' and the 'o' in
> 'Population').

Hmm. The FS client supports kerning. This is the output of verdana:

2: kerning between r and . is -1 in '1550 v.Chr.'
2: kerning between T and a is -1 in 'Tallinn'
2: kerning between V and e is -1 in 'Verbinden'
2: kerning between V and e is -2 in 'Verbinden'
2: kerning between v and . is -1 in '1550 v.Chr.'
2: kerning between Y and o is -1 in 'You are logged in as 'hawk' connected to 
Ne Kelam.'

This is from vera:

2: kerning between r and . is -1 in '2650 v.Chr.'
2: kerning between T and a is -1 in 'Tallinn'
2: kerning between V and e is -1 in 'Verbinden'
2: kerning between V and e is -2 in 'Verbinden'
2: kerning between v and . is -1 in '2650 v.Chr.'
2: kerning between W and e is -1 in 'Wealth:'
2: kerning between Y and o is -1 in 'You are logged in as 'hawk' connected to 
Ne Kelam.'

Neither one changes the space between P and o in Population.

> Verona is a bit too widely spaced and Tahoma is perhaps a bit too
  Verdana
> compact.

The must more important question is the copyright.

        Raimar

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