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Human Interface Guidelines/The Sugar Interface/Text and Fonts (view source)
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===Fonts===
===Fonts===
[http://www.icewalkers.com/rpm/dejavu-lgc-fonts/fedora-core-6/download/dejavu-lgc-fonts-1679.html DejaVu LGS Sans]
[http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page DejaVu LGS Sans]
====Sizes====
====Sizes====
[[Image:Sugar-font.png|thumb|218px|right|The font used in Sugar menus]]
[[Image:Sugar-font.png|thumb|218px|right|The font used in Sugar menus]]
The OLPC display is 200DPI; therefore one point—1/72 inch—is just less than 3 pixels (2.78 pixels). We are settling on a default font size of 7pts. for the Sugar UI (using [http://www.icewalkers.com/rpm/dejavu-lgc-fonts/fedora-core-6/download/dejavu-lgc-fonts-1679.html DejaVu LGS Sans]). It is quite legible. This translates to a font size of approximately 19.45 pt in Adobe Illustrator, which bases its units on the traditional 72DPI display. For the purposes of preparing activity GUI mockups, you must always remember to make the conversion to the laptops' display resolution by multiplying by a constant factor of 0.36.
The OLPC display is 200DPI; therefore one point—1/72 inch—is just less than 3 pixels (2.78 pixels). We are settling on a default font size of 7pts. for the Sugar UI (using [http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page DejaVu LGS Sans]). It is quite legible. This translates to a font size of approximately 19.45 pt in Adobe Illustrator, which bases its units on the traditional 72DPI display. For the purposes of preparing activity GUI mockups, you must always remember to make the conversion to the laptops' display resolution by multiplying by a constant factor of 0.36.
We will be looking at other faces, e.g., Arabic and Thai, and also looking into a large-type version of the interface for the younger children.
We will be looking at other faces, e.g., Arabic and Thai, and also looking into a large-type version of the interface for the younger children.