Re: [Pan-users] stupid question

[John LeMay]

I make the font in the message pane a bit larger, but that's all. I prefer
simple fonts that I don't have to play with much.

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John LeMay
Senior Enterprise Consultant
NJMC, LLC

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Charles Kerr wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 09:22:24AM +0200, Gollum wrote:
> > On 12 Aug 2002 23:32:30 -0300
> > Submit <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > I've just installed pan 0.12.1 and is great but is very ugly compared
> > > to the screenshots in the site!, Do I have to install pan 0.12.9 for a
> > > nicer look?
> >
> > If I remember correctly, one of the first things I did after installing
> > Pan (0.12.1) was to go into "Preferences" and replace all the "serif"
> > fonts with "sans".  That made the text a lot more readable on screen,
> > and I presently have no reason to complain about Pan's apperance.
> >
> > Serif fonts (like "Times") really shouldn't be used as default, since
> > they must be larger than sans-serif fonts (like "Helvetica" or "Arial")
> > to be readable on a computer monitor.  Serifs are more suitable for
> > printed material.
> >
> > I suggest Pan use a sans-serif font instead of the serif font as
> > default, if that's something selected by the Pan programmers, i.e. not
> > inherited from the settings of the window manager.
>
> The defaults are:
>
>   #define BOLD_PANGO_DESCRIPTION "sans bold 11"
>   #define NORMAL_PANGO_DESCRIPTION "sans 11"
>   #define MONOSPACE_PANGO_DESCRIPTION  "courier 11"
>
> They used to be serif, but were changed because, as you said,
> they weren't as pleasing to read.
>
> Though, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to take out the font
> and color settings and let the user define these things via
> the desktop.  Does anyone really use a different font in the
> group pane than in the header pane, or set the text pane's
> background to white when they have a black gtk theme?
> If so, speak up ... ;)
>
> cheers,
> Charles
>
>
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