Why is it that UNIX-based Windowing systems never get the font/typeface support right? While the rest of us Wintel-addicts are revelling in the glories of perfectly rendered, sublimely aliased, pitch-perfect Verdana, nestling gently up against Tahoma, and fondling Trebuchet, UNIX refugees bravely face the world, a blocky Arial their only weapon?
Look, UNIXy layout applications always got it right at the printer level. Which is way too late. At least on the Wintel boxes, those ever-fewer blue-screens-of-death look damn good.
I'm using Oskar's computer at the moment and I'm feeling visually assaulted by all these errant pixels.
Kern, baby, kern.
::: a Rant ritual performed at 10:11 AM ::: ritual observers [4] :::It's a bit of a long trip, but you should see my (FreeBSD) desktop. No errant pixels here! It was even automatically set up when I installed the packages.
Debian (which I'm guessing Oskar is using) seems a bit behind in this user-friendly regard based on my recent attempts to build a Debian desktop. Once I've figured out what's necessary, I'll be sure to tell you so you can enjoy nice fonts on his machine.
(OS X puts Windows to shame in this department. Like in most departments really...)
Posted by: Neil Blakey-Milner at December 4, 2003 11:03 AMMicrosoft True Type Core Fonts
(msttcorefonts) (downloadable at http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ )
Indeed - it pains me, a humble designer, too. Sometimes programmers should not be allowed to access the presentation layer of anything that would be seen by other innocent people.
Posted by: MordracK at December 5, 2003 11:04 AMIndeed. Case in point: ATM screens.
I can't live without my Verdana.
Posted by: rory at December 5, 2003 11:12 AM