D14869: [RFC] Increase default font sizes by 1 pt

[Andres Betts]

abetts added a comment.


  In D14869#309824 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D14869#309824>, @ngraham wrote:
  
  > In D14869#309821 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D14869#309821>, @abetts wrote:
  >
  > > I like the way this looks, I would like to push it further for clarity and ask for window title at 13 and bold. I feel people stand to benefit from seeing a window title that is readable, especially when we have a dark color background default.
  >
  >
  > Here's how that would look with a comparison.
  >
  > 11pt title:
  >  F6197910: 11pt title.png <https://phabricator.kde.org/F6197910>
  >
  > 13pt title:
  >  F6197911: 13pt bold title.png <https://phabricator.kde.org/F6197911>
  >
  > To me that looks way too heavy and attention-getting. Here's 13pt non-bold:
  >  F6197917: 13pt title.png <https://phabricator.kde.org/F6197917>
  >
  > Or even 11pt bold:
  >  F6197921: 11pt bold title.png <https://phabricator.kde.org/F6197921>
  >
  > I actually really like 11 pt bold for the title.
  >
  > In D14869#309804 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D14869#309804>, @rizzitello wrote:
  >
  > > I think the issue is more your hinting then the font size.
  >
  >
  > 11pt does look even better when the hinting is appropriate (slight RGB hinting for most people), which is fixed by D12925: Parse global config files. Remove 'Vendor default' option. Fix changes not recognized. <https://phabricator.kde.org/D12925>. But that's not really related to this. The idea of making the size bigger is to increase readability, which is just something that naturally comes from having the text be bigger; this is not controversial. The question is not whether larger text is more readable (it is), it's whether or not it's worth it because of the trade-offs involved.
  
  
  I would probably do 13 pt titlebar and no bold

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