Public bug reported:
The new notification system introduced in Ubuntu Jaunty is very nice,
however I want to put my suggestions on the table for consideration.
The font size for the notification bubble seemingly cannot be changed to
allow for users with visual difficulties (such as myself) to more easily
read the contents. After doing some research I have discovered that the
standard font sizes for the notification on screen display are as
follows:
Title: application font
Body: 0.8x application font
This to me is very restrictive. I have my application font size set to
12 as it is the easiest for me and gives me the best combination of
screen real-estate and usability. However, the notification font is far
too small for me to read at a glance without using the compiz enhanced
zoom plugin to read what is going on.
I would suggest maybe adding an ability to set font sizes for
notifications in one of two places; the pop-up notifications settings
manager in system->preferences, OR in the standard font settings window
in the appearances manager.
Obviously, this would require a method of resizing the bubble to fit the
contents depending on the size of the font used, but I do not believe
this would be complicated to achieve.
I do not believe this would complicate the system for users but it will
give them greater control over how their system functions.
** Affects: libnotify (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Consider ability to change libnotify-osd font size?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335383
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