FontInstaller (Was: Gnome Article on UI Design on /.)

[Thomas Diehl]

Am Mittwoch, 24. April 2002 11:24 schrieb Thomas Zander:

> > On a separate note: Many newbie users will hardly understand the
> > distinction between the 2 font modules we already have (Appearance ->
> > Fonts and System -> Font Installer). I'd rather think of a way how we
> > could get rid of one of them (preferably the first one).
>
> You miss the most important distincion; that the first is always only for
> this user and the other can work on system properties; i.e. for all
> users. They should stay seperated.

I think the more important distinction (at least in their present state) is 
that the "Fonts" module is for screen fonts only while the "Font Installer" 
is an overall solution (screen + printing) which works, BTW, not only 
system-wide but also on a per user basis.

With "getting rid of" I was more thinking of something like "integrate the 
Appearance -> Fonts module somehow with the hopefully upcoming theme / 
style / design manager" rather than leaving it as a module of its own. Just 
a thought. Maybe it would already help to rename it to "Screen Fonts".

Thomas


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