Bugzilla – Bug 137099
Default font in Konsole ("Monospace") too thin, not very readable
Last modified: 2006-02-14 10:08:46 UTC
The default font used to be "Misc Console", but in Alpha2 and Alpha3 the font is "Monospace". It's too thin, not easily readable.
In alpha4 it's Misc Fixed, still too thin.
misc fixed is the one it should be. If it's too thin for your liking, feel free to change it. The Monospace was a real bug though
Ok. I know that I can change it, however I have filed the bug because I thought it's useful to the general user population to have a readable default font. If most of the people are confortable with Misc Fixed, then it's fine.
I can't tell you about most of the people. We'll see. Misc Fixed _is_ readable and is the default for xterm and I'm not aware of anyone complaining so far.
which size of misc fixed did you use ? screenshot? For me "misc fixed" looks pretty good.
Can't it be bold, at least?
Created attachment 66393 [details] screenshot do you like this font?
misc fixed looks really awful. :-( something like Misc Console is much better.
Misc Console only exists in one size: 13pt. that doesn't fit everyone's needs I'm afraid. For me it would be way too large, even on a 1600x1200 screen.
The font needs to be scalable and bold. On high resolution monitors a thin font is not readable. Misc Console did the job well, in spite of not being scalable.
please tell me details (screen resolution, size, dpi etc)
1280x1024 monitor size: 340x270, 17" I'd like to clarify: the problem is not the _size_ of the font, because it's big enough, the problem is that it's not thick enough, not bold. Characters are just 1 pixel thick, it's strenuous on my eyes.
you're free to change it and I'm pretty sure you're not the only one. But especially as we reach higher resolutions, we need a font that supports more than one size. and misc console does not.
Ok, ok, but can this new font be *bold* by default? That would make it more readable.
misc fixed bold looks pretty ugly if you ask me (and my wife :). And I'm not aware of another canidate ;(
Ok then, it stays the way it is and we move on to something else until a better option presents itself.
*** Bug 150164 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
You mean you want a scalable font? If that doesn't work out about using different fonts for different resolutions? At least the standard resolutions (1280x.. 1024x.. etc should look good i think) I can't imagine adding that would be _that_ much more code to konsole and it would make the whole thing much more usable out of the box.
if you have a patch, let me know
I've asked Mike if he has better suggestions for konsole fonts that are readable on more screen resolutions. It seems we currently don't have a better font available. therefore WONTFIX.