Fonts and Listcontrol (1 Viewer)

[antony]

Hi All, I am currently working on the aeon mod skin and have gotten a bit stuck.. my problem is the fonts (why do fonts seem bad in comparison to original aeon i am using the same fonts with bold disabled and the still look crap ie fat and hazy.. is there a guide to fonts ( i have searched the forums high and low and the wiki ti no avail)..

second question is on listcontrol is there a way to change colours for focus unfocus selected and so on (idea is unselect black selected white, or focused white unfocused black... i have tried everything i can think of..

if this isnt a possibility could it be added as a feature request as i do believe it would enhance the visuals...

any help would be greatly appreciated..

Antony

 

[Sambal]

The font used by Aeon, Bell Gothic Bold, is designed to be bold. You should choose another font if you don't want it to be bold.
Does anybody know where this font came from? Only references i found are to licensed versions.

I don't know if what you want is possible with the listcontrol. I haven't found a way to accomplish this.

 

[antony]

Hi Sambal, Bell Gothic Bold is the old font. as from alpha13c fruitiger and fruitylight are used along with acens with and without bold. what i meant was the qulity isnt the same..

Antony

 

[Sambal]

Can you please post a screenshot to show how 'crap ie fat and hazy' looks like.

I tried two of the fonts in the Aeon Alpha 14 release and i think it looks okay. But i haven't seen the original.

I've applied the fonts to the MediaPortal Aeon BasicHome

Acens <bold>no</bold>
Acens <bold>yes</bold>
Frutiger

 

[antony]

Hi Sambal, I dont mean on the basic home menu i mean throughout the skin.. ie clock and such..using xbmc for windows running aeon alpha 14 the fonts are much crisper, then when i port same font to mediportal with same sizes at same res they dont look half as sharp..

 

[Sambal]

I just changed the font definition for the basic home menu as that is the first screen and thus easy to navigate to to see the changed font