[indiana-discuss] [desktop-discuss] 2008.11 UI Spec

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Jedy Wang wrote:
>
> Are you really sure that default font size for GNOME is 8 pt? This size
> is really small and make it very hard to read mails.
>
> Developers of firefox also think 14/12 is too small for the browser. And
> according to their feedback, most browsers use 16.

Traditionally Solaris has produced accurate sized type based on 
display resolution. You could measure the size of the type on the 
screen (points are a physical measurement unit, although there are 
several slightly different ones) and it would be quite correct.  Has 
this changed?  Windows only uses the specified size as a hint, 
depending on the icon size selected.  Based on standard units, 8 point 
would be quite small, 10 point would be small, 12 point is medium, and 
14 point is large. 16 point is for blind people.

As a point of reference, the commonly used Postscript point size is 
1/72 inch/point.  Measure the size of the type in your browser and see 
if it meets any standard.

Bob
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