Kronometer now in KDE Review

Elvis Angelaccio elvis.angelaccio at kdemail.net
Wed Apr 23 16:19:12 BST 2014


2014-04-23 14:28 GMT+02:00 Thomas Lübking <thomas.luebking at gmail.com>:

> On Mittwoch, 23. April 2014 13:17:02 CEST, Elvis Angelaccio wrote:
>
>  I don't understand. Since there are only numbers I think that your point
>> is
>> already accomplished.
>>
> Nope.
> To get monospace glyphs for sure, you must select a monospace font -
> otherwise you're going by luck.
>
>  At least on my system
>>
> ;-)
>
>
>  Have you found a particular font that doesn't look this way?
>>
> Hundreds - it's pretty common and the more "exotic" the fonts get
> (script), the more obvious this becomes, but you may try Fontin [1],
> Bitstream Handel Gothic [2], Adobe Jenson or Linotype Frutiger (latter are
> commercial fonts, no link - sorry. I can send you screenshots of the fonts
> though and some resellers will likely provide some as well) for some
> "reasonable" choices.
> In addition, the hinter and font size/weight can have impact.
>
>
Oh my god, using these fonts the stopwatch display is an eyesore.
Thanks for the explanation, this thing has to be fixed, sure as hell. I
will try with different labels for each digit.

Elvis


> Cheers,
> Thomas
>
> [1] http://www.exljbris.com/fontin.html
> [2] http://fontpark.net/de/schriftart/handel-gothic-bt/#
>    Please don't ask me whether that's a legal offer.
>
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