Convincing a harvester (was on SqF list)
Daniel Vainsencher
danielv at netvision.net.il
Tue May 6 10:07:28 UTC 2003
See part 2 of the reply to Marcus.
Daniel
"Richard A. O'Keefe" <ok at cs.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
> Daniel Vainsencher <danielv at netvision.net.il> wrote:
> > > > * TrueType text style
> > [It provides support for beautiful fonts, as an example, you can see
> > Diegos look enhancements]
> ...
> I don't think it should go into the image. Anyone differs?
>
> Whyever not? When you get past all the newbie problems,
> "how do I get decent fonts" has to be one of the most Frequently Asked
> Questions.
>
> Given that the fonts that normally come with Squeak do not scale to
> take the screen resolution into account, anyone using a 90 dpi monitor
> (and I have no others) really REALLY wants a replacement for the Squeak
> fonts where "10 point" really means "10 point" and not 8 point.
>
> Even the Accufonts package doesn't remedy that, if I've installed it
> correctly. It seems silly that I should have about 54 fonts on my
> system that everything can get at *except* Squeak...
>
> Things like URI and Network support are important, but fonts are something
> _everyone_ sees _every time_.
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