| From: | Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> |
|---|---|
| To: | Basil Bourque <basil(dot)bourque(dot)lists(at)pobox(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Suggestion: Use "Menlo" rather than "Monaco" as default font |
| Date: | 2012-04-08 07:45:12 |
| Message-ID: | 1333871112.2325.3.camel@localhost.localdomain |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgadmin-support |
On Sat, 2012-04-07 at 18:53 -0700, Basil Bourque wrote:
> In pgAdmin 1.14.2 bundled with Postgres 9.1.3 on Mac OS X as installed by the EnterpriseDB installers…
>
> Preferences > Query Tool > Font
> is set to “Monaco” font.
>
> While Monaco is one of the original fonts shipped with every Mac ever made, in recent years Apple has bundled a much improved monospaced sans-serif font named “Menlo”. Menlo is found on Macs running Snow Leopard and Lion (Mac OS X 10.6 & 10.7). Menlo is much easier to read on-screen.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_(typeface)
>
> Please considering setting “Menlo” as the preferred default font when found on a user’s Mac.
>
I'll let Dave answer this one. I don't use my Mac much, can't say if
it's really interesting.
One thought though: we can set a different default font for Mac users.
I'm not sure we can do this for Mac users having Snow Leopard and later
versions of Mac OS X.
--
Guillaume
http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info
http://www.dalibo.com
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Dave Page | 2012-04-08 09:51:19 | Re: Suggestion: Use "Menlo" rather than "Monaco" as default font |
| Previous Message | Guillaume Lelarge | 2012-04-08 07:42:47 | Re: dev 1.15 wxwidgets - constraints with multiple tables |