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FS#8899 - nimbus19 with wider capitals
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Opened by Alexander Levin (fml2) - Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 23:18 GMT+2
Last edited by Alexander Levin (fml2) - Monday, 22 June 2009, 22:25 GMT+2
Opened by Alexander Levin (fml2) - Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 23:18 GMT+2
Last edited by Alexander Levin (fml2) - Monday, 22 June 2009, 22:25 GMT+2
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DetailsThis is a version of nimbus19 with some capitals made one pixel wider so that the gap between the legs of, say, H, has the same width as the legs' thickness. Please try this and decide whether the font looks better that way (=more readable). If yes, we could provide a nimbus19w version of the font with wider capitals. It could be used on DAPs with large screen width.
The letters changed are: A, B, D, G, H, J, O, P, Q, R, U, V, X. That's it for now. If the font doesn't look nice then this task should be abandoned. 
Nimbus19w.bdf
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Closed by Alexander Levin (fml2)
Monday, 22 June 2009, 22:25 GMT+2
Reason for closing: Wont Fix
Additional comments about closing: Since the font doesn't look significantly better with wider glyphs, I close this.
Monday, 22 June 2009, 22:25 GMT+2
Reason for closing: Wont Fix
Additional comments about closing: Since the font doesn't look significantly better with wider glyphs, I close this.
IMHO the two variants are nearly the same. Personally I like the wider versions of O, D, V, and G (especially G!) more. These are all letters with two long enough vertical legs. But wider X is worse than the narrow one. All in all, I think the difference isn't worth the effort of adjusting of all the many glyphs in the font. So that this task can be closed with the resolution "won't be fixed". All above modulo "IMHO" of course :-)