DejaVu fonts for Fedora Core 6 feedback call

Nicolas Mailhot nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net
Thu Jul 6 22:58:46 UTC 2006


Le jeudi 06 juillet 2006 à 11:04 +0200, Ralf Ertzinger a écrit :
> Hi.
> 
> On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:07:42 -0400, Joe Smith wrote:
> 
> > much prefer the original default face that came with Fedora 5
> > (Luxi?). My eyesight is not what it used to be and I find the Dejavu
> > fonts very much less readable (seems mostly spacing issues: too
> > "cramped" too "lumpy"). Sorry I can't be any more specific.
> 
> One occassion where I noted this is the combination of T with a
> smaller letter following (Ta or To, for example). The smaller letter
> is very close to the T. I used Vera before, and it hat no such
> issue.

I think DejaVu enabled a kerning feature which allows glyphs to be
spaced much closer. But they got too far and the new layout is
overtight.

Would it be possible for you to spend some time listing all the letter
combos you feel are too close now ?

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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