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[Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Currently, it looks like Birdie uses the default platform UI font. On
elementary, this is Droid Sans. While this is fine for normal UI
elements (buttons, menus, etc.) with shorter text, it's not the best for
longer messages like tweets. Additionally, it doesn't have multiple
weights to play with nor does it have a true italic.

Instead, we should either use the platform ocument font (Open Sans on
elementary), or something a little prettier. The new Twitter app on
Android actually uses a much lighter weight typeface which looks super
slick, so perhaps we could look into that.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
Package: birdie 0.1+r104-0+pkg2~precise1 [origin: LP-PPA-birdie-team-daily]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic 3.2.37
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1+elementary3~precise1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: birdie
Date: Wed Apr  3 23:05:29 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/birdie
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Daily amd64 (20130226)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: birdie
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: birdie
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug luna third-party-packages

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Title:
  Use prettier fonts

Status in Birdie:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently, it looks like Birdie uses the default platform UI font. On
  elementary, this is Droid Sans. While this is fine for normal UI
  elements (buttons, menus, etc.) with shorter text, it's not the best
  for longer messages like tweets. Additionally, it doesn't have
  multiple weights to play with nor does it have a true italic.

  Instead, we should either use the platform ocument font (Open Sans on
  elementary), or something a little prettier. The new Twitter app on
  Android actually uses a much lighter weight typeface which looks super
  slick, so perhaps we could look into that.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
  Package: birdie 0.1+r104-0+pkg2~precise1 [origin: LP-PPA-birdie-team-daily]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic 3.2.37
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1+elementary3~precise1
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: birdie
  Date: Wed Apr  3 23:05:29 2013
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/birdie
  InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Daily amd64 (20130226)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: birdie
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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