#11789 NORM Not Tri: Small fonts rendered poorly in 12.1.0, or maybe chosen to be too small

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#11789: Small fonts rendered poorly in 12.1.0, or maybe chosen to be too small
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 Reporter:  greenfeld        |                 Owner:  jnettlet                         
     Type:  defect           |                Status:  new                              
 Priority:  normal           |             Milestone:  Not Triaged                      
Component:  x window system  |               Version:  Development build as of this date
 Keywords:                   |           Next_action:  diagnose                         
 Verified:  0                |   Deployment_affected:                                   
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 In 12.1.0 os7 small fonts are rendered with letters poorly spaced on the
 XO display to the point it hurts my eyes even with properly corrected
 vision.  The spacing between letters just seems off, and the way the fonts
 are rendered makes them hard to read.

 For examples, see the object parameters used for Sounds and Costumes in
 Scratch, Scratch's "x/y/direction" text above said tabs, and the font used
 for dialogs balloons created in the top bar in FotoToon.

 In general the Sugar HIG probably could provide better guidance on minimum
 font sizes than
 http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Sugar_Interface/Text_and_Fonts
 .  Given our targeted environment, I do not think it is appropriate for us
 to presume that everyone has affordable/easy access to 20/20 corrected
 vision.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/11789>
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