[vlc-devel] commit: freetype: use a sane default font on OS X, so we don' t have to add ugly hacks to keep it working ( Felix Paul K??hne )

[Georg Seifert]

I did try some other fonts and found that I can only set the regular  
font.

Lucida Grande Bold is the much better choice in terms of readability.
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In difficult conditions the closed shapes of Arial are difficult to  
distinguish.

Georg


> Am 16.09.2009 um 09:16 schrieb jpd at videolan.org:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:10:12AM +0200, git version control wrote:
>>> vlc | branch: 1.0-bugfix | Felix Paul K??hne  
>>> <fkuehne at videolan.org> | [...]
>>>
>>> freetype: use a sane default font on OS X, so we don't have to add
>>> ugly hacks to keep it working
>>>
>>> Arial Black is available on all Mac OS X installations current VLC
>>> releases can run on and is the default for the 'Quartztext' renderer
>>> anyway.
>>
>> Of all the fonts available on macs you choose arial. Whoever chose  
>> that
>> default was not a designer type.
>
> You're welcome to suggest a different font. It needs to be installed  
> in /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts by default and needs to  
> include support for most non-ASCII locales.
>
> IMO, Arial Black is still better than Lucida Grande...
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Felix
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