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[Stani <spe.stani.be@xxxxxxxxx>]

I now shipped FreeSans.ttf as the default font for the text action. If
someone has a better proposal, please let me know. This was another
"out of the box" usability problem. In case you want to explore the
fonts on your system, fontmatrix (sudo apt-get install fontmatrix) is
your friend. It lists all free fonts with their license. Check it out,
it is a great program.

Stani

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Stani<spe.stani.be@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If it is desired for a certain action list, it is possible to include
> a font with Phatch if its license is compatible with the GPL of
> course. For example for the polaroid, I wanted a font which felt more
> closer to handwriting. As we can't guarantee that this font is
> available everywhere where Phatch is installed, it is better to ship
> it. You can see it in action with the new polaroid effect. I did this
> because the action lists in the libraries should be fine tuned as far
> as possible. So if you have suggestions how to improve the action
> lists please let me know.
> Another idea is that every shipped action list in the library
> corresponds with a Phatch tutorial where all the steps are explained
> in detail. This is already done for rounded corners and perspective.
> It is more easy to explain on a web page than in text description
> field. The description should be short, to the point and accurate. I'm
> thinking of a system of linking action lists with these tutorials.
> About the highlight ... Erich was right that it maybe worked nice in
> the tutorial but certainly not on all photos. Nadia also was in favour
> of disabling it, so that is done now. However as the photo part of a
> polaroid is glossy, I can imagine that a subtle highlight would be
> nice. Not a hard diagonal line, but more with some gradients. If
> anyone has suggestions, please say, but it is fine to leave it like it
> is now.
>
> Stani
>
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