Change default font from "Sans" to "Times New Roman"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Midori Web Browser |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
As mentioned in the title, it is about changing the default font of midori on windows platform, default font make text looks ugly on Windows, I suggest making default font on Windows platform same used as Chrome and Firefox browser.
Firefox Nightly 25 default:
Fonts for "Westren"
Proportional: Serif (16)
Serif: Times New Roman
Sans-serif: Arial
Monospace: Courier New (13)
With selection of "Allow sites to use their own fonts except my settings".
Chromium 30 default:
Standard Font: Times New Roman (16)
Serif font: Times New Roman (16)
Sans-serif: Arial (16)
Fixed-width: Courier New
I personally prefer Firefox fonts because it really makes Web looks amazing a different + it has direct write hardware acceleration for texts while Chromium does not. But follow anyone in midori for Windows platform.
Platform details:
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Service Pack 1 (updated)
DirectX: Latest with Platform update and IE11 developer preview installed, so few DirectX 11.1 API if matters
Resolution: 1680*1050
GPU: nvidia GTX 460 1 GB with 314.22 WHQL driver
Attaching Firefox default picture
Related branches
- gue5t gue5t: Approve
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Diff: 20 lines (+10/-0)1 file modifiedwin32/makedist/makedist.midori (+10/-0)
Changed in midori: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in midori: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in midori: | |
milestone: | none → 0.5.6 |
Changed in midori: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Makes sense to me - Sans as a default was mostly inherited from Linux where the situation is different.