I feel I should point out that at least in my case, Windows 7 has, after a fresh install, always defaulted to the "125% bigger" font preset. My monitor is a 4:3 20in HP, 1600x1200. DPI as I recall is just about 100. I always prefer to set the fonts to the default setting (100%), but it doesn't seem to be the default. YMMV
For what it's worth- on my hardware I don't mind the default font and padding size in Ubuntu, but on anything smaller than my laptop's 1400x1050 I imagine it would become annoying pretty fast. TR 2011/10/20 Tomasz Sałaciński <tsalacin...@gmail.com> > I've created such a comparsion. > > First label shows default monospace font in Windows and in Ubuntu (gedit). > > Second label (Setup is loading...) shows Windows interface font (setup > program) compared to Ubuntu interface font (made in Glade). > > See how much Windows fonts are clearer and take a lot less space than > Ubuntu fonts. 90% of computer users in the world don't have any problem with > size that Windows uses (I think they spent a lot more money on research what > font size they should be using) - let's say 10% of them change the size of > the font. It still leaves 80% of world computer users satisfied (maybe more, > not counting Macs) with the font we see in Windows. Even with a lot less > userbase MORE Ubuntu users are complaining about font size. > > Imagine when reading a source code file in gedit you have to scroll every > few lines.. then you have to find where you've left reading. It hurts your > eyes and makes using of computer a simple pain in the backside. > > Of coure - Ubuntu 11 looks fancy. But users will do more than looking at > the screenshots. If they see that the system is useless except for listening > to music, watching videos and browsing Facebook - they just stick to using > Windows. With such big fonts and additional padding, windows in Ubuntu are a > lot bigger than in other systems. If this is by design, then the design is > simply completely wrong. You can't satisfy all users, but you should try > satisfying most user's needs, instead of personal preferences of the > designers. > > W dniu 2011-10-20 15:00, Thibaut Brandscheid pisze: > >> 2011/10/17 Matthew Paul Thomas <m...@canonical.com >> <mailto:m...@canonical.com>> >> >> >> >> What would help here is for someone to make a screenshot comparison of >> the same windows, laid out in exactly the same positions, on Ubuntu, >> Windows, and OS X. >> >> .... >> >> We might find that the problem is partly font size, but partly also >> size and padding of interface controls. >> >> >> Here are two similar images showing the file browser and text editor >> in Windows 7 and Ubuntu Oneiric. >> >> * Ubuntu >> <http://image-upload.de/image/**KUAqjL/28a9103bae.png<http://image-upload.de/image/KUAqjL/28a9103bae.png> >> > >> * Windows 7 >> <http://image-upload.de/image/**uyfCCE/e1bc89e7fa.png<http://image-upload.de/image/uyfCCE/e1bc89e7fa.png> >> > >> >> >> Padding (buttons) and font size are smaller and therefore the interface >> looks & feels cleaner in Windows 7. Thats the reason why smaller windows >> seems to be more useful in Windows than in Ubuntu (compared same sized >> windows). >> >> Traditionally GNOME has a lot of padding (negative example → Totem >> controls) and wasts a lot of screen space (has been reduced a bit last >> cycles). >> >> So what to do? >> >> * Analise every default application UI if they need that big buttons >> and that much padding/margin >> o use the same padding/margin in every application if possible >> * Reduce padding and font size - just a bit → huge difference >> >> >> >> Kind regards >> Thibaut >> >> PS: If anybody uses Ubuntu, Win & and Mac and could make more comparison >> screenshots it would be awesome. >> I use Windows only for gaming → my Wintendoo ;) >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> More help : >> https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >> > > -- > Tomasz Sałaciński > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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