Hi,

I am glad you are considering other types of fonts :). Still, I think that Open Sans does not work well with Source Code. First, there is not enough distinction between them, and second, their rhythms do not match (both in terms of height and width).

Choosing a consistent family of fonts mitigates these problems. Source is a family of fonts that also comes with a Source Sans variation. That is why my settings look like:

#('SourceCodeProRegular' 'SourceCodeProBold' 'SourceSansProRegular' 'SourceSansProBold') do: [ :each |�

Smalltalk globals�

at: each asSymbol

ifAbsent: [

Gofer new�

smalltalkhubUser: 'girba' project: 'FreeFonts';

package: each;

load ].

(Smalltalk at: each asSymbol) new install ].

FreeTypeSystemSettings loadFt2Library: true.

FreeTypeFontProvider current updateFromSystem

StandardFonts�

setAllStandardFontsTo: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Source Sans Pro' pointSize: 10);

haloFont: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Source Sans Pro' pointSize: 10);

windowTitleFont: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Source Sans Pro' pointSize: 14);

balloonFont: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Source Sans Pro' pointSize: 10);

codeFont: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Source Code Pro' pointSize: 10)

Here is a screenshot:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i39f7phfy9v1bqh/pharo-with-only-source-fonts.png

Notice how I also load the bold versions of both fonts so that we can use them both in code and in lists.

Cheers,

Doru

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:

Hey Doru,

On 04 Nov 2013, at 17:01, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote:

- Continue on the topic of "Pharo IDE of the Future�

Great, looking forward to it !

FWIW, I have come around about the fonts ;-)

I have been using Open Sans & Source Code Pro for a while now, and I like them.

These are my font selections for my MacBook Air 13�� (1440x900):

Light and modern, like Pharo itself !

Apart from the bolding of the window title font, this code sets those fonts:

SourceCodeProRegular new install.
OpenSansRegular new install.
FreeTypeFontProvider current updateFromSystem.

#(
#(#defaultFont: 'Open Sans' 12)�
#(#listFont: 'Open Sans' 12)�
#(#menuFont: 'Open Sans' 12)�
#(#windowTitleFont: 'Open Sans' 12)�
#(#balloonFont: 'Open Sans' 10)�
#(#codeFont: 'Source Code Pro' 11)�
#(#buttonFont: 'Open Sans' 12)�
#(#haloFont: 'Open Sans' 10)) do: [ :spec |�
| font |
font := LogicalFont familyName: spec second pointSize: spec third.
StandardFonts perform: spec first with: font ]

Thanks again for taking care !

Sven

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