Fedora Applications proof-of-concept

[Nicu Buculei]

Robin Norwood wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:43:13 +0300
> Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro> wrote:
> 
>> Mike Langlie wrote:
>>> Here are mockups reworking the Applications page and an individual 
>>> application page.
>>> http://yipyop.com/fedora/images/fedora_apps.png
>>> http://yipyop.com/fedora/images/fedora_app_page.png
>> Those are looking good and you saved me a cry about the current 
>> proof-of-concept using the Impact font :D
> 
> Heh.  Yes, it's true, Robin sucks at fonts as well. :-)   I recognize
> my disability, though.  What fonts should I use?  The only font
> specification I've got in my custom css (I'm inheriting the fedora css)
> is:

The fonts in Mike's mockup looks just fine.

>     font-family: impact,sans-serif;
> 
> Suggestions/patches cheerfully suggested.

Using "impact" is a sin :p

The website is intended for Fedora users (to install Feedora 
applications or rate the Fedora applications they like) but that font is 
*not* included in Fedora (it is part of MS Core Fonts), so the average 
user of the application will not see it as you intended (I noticed 
because doing graphics I have a lot of fonts installed on my system).

This is why is wise to not use fancy fonts in such cases, stay with the 
basics, fedoraproject.org uses "sans-serif" and does not look bad at all 
(IMO).

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