DejaVu fonts for Fedora Core 6 feedback call

[Rahul]

Tom Brinkman wrote:
>>> On 07 7:38:S, Rahul wrote:
>>>> Most users dont change any font defaults
>>>   Wrong!
>> You got any stats to back this claim?
> 
>     I could ask you the same question, but in reverse to back up 
> your claim.

Except that by your claims defaults dont matter because people change it 
so often anyway. Considering the number of usability studies that show 
the opposite I would be pretty skeptical of that.

> 
>    Just about all users over 40 need reading glasses. Many users now 
> have large screen monitors (> 17" viewable). Both situations beg 
> for increased font sizes.  Many users install 3rd party, even M$ 
> fonts. There's countless posts on all Linux related ML's, NG's, 
> Forums, etc., about font choices an changing and/or sizing them.
> 
>    So why do WM's include the ability to change from default fonts 
> and sizes? If "Most users dont change any font defaults".

There a number of preferences which users dont usually change. In other 
words, just because there is a preference doesnt mean everybody is using 
it.

> 
>    The problem is mainly with Gnome, that uses such a small default 
> font size, and an almost always incorrect default dpi (96). BUT, 
> also includes a tool for changing font defaults, including dpi. The 
> problem is these changes aren't preserved during logout.

You have a bug report on this again?

Rahul