Re: GEP-2 Theme Sets (aka Metathemer)

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 11:17, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> 
> Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu> writes:
> > 
> > Thats not what i'm saying. For usability, I don't think having themes
> > changing the app font is a good thing.
> 
> Suggesting a font seems kind of OK, for example tigert used to have
> that "street graffiti" theme with the graffiti font, or the "Jungle"
> theme on Windows with the jungle font.
> 

Havoc,

> (Not that any of those fonts are really usable, but I can see them as
> part of a fun theme.)
> 

If these fonts are not usable than they are bad for usability. If
there's an accessibility reason for needing to choose the font face,
i'll bite the bullet and say fine. If all accessibility needs is the
ability to make the font larger, than this should not be part of a
"Theme."


dave