On May 13, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Michael Starke wrote: > On 13.05.2013 20:37, Appa Rao Mulpuri wrote: >> Any specific reason not to use "Trebuchet MS"? I faced some issues with the >> few components (ilke Table Header cell, NS Button) text vertical center >> alignment except that Look and feel wise its equivalent to "Lucida Grande". >> And also both the fonts is taking the equal size for the same text. >> >> - Apparao >> > > The reason to this is quite simple. Do not force a font to the System instead > use the System defaults. Use special fonts for special purposes, but stay > with the defaults for all other cases. It's not so much an issue of different > sizes or something. It's good citizenship if an app respects the system > defaults. The defaults are there for a simple reasong - to ensure a consisten > user experince. > > Not everyone will notice, not every one will care, but there are some, that > take this stuff quite seriously ;).
It can also lead to bad localization and accessibility experiences. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
