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toehser:
Significantly better, yes; but...

personally, I think the CleanScreen is still far better than the shot you posted.

I think part of my issue boils down to "how small should fonts be on a 1.1" screen?"

I'd be interested to see your example with a font even just 1 point larger.

I can understand the thinking "the screen is so small, we should make the fonts really small, so it still fits a common about of data".

But my thinking is, "we should display less information and require more scrolling, and still have it readable without a 30x loupe".

Just as an aside, the OF displays WAY bigger fonts and fewer lines - personally, I think it is nice to have 8 readable lines instead of 6 - but taking it to 12 is WAY too small for me.

Since Rockbox gives the options to customize, the question is, what should be the DEFAULT for a first-time user, and what should be the settings that users who DO NOT customize are stuck with?

I would say a MIDDLE GROUND - not the giant 6-lines of huge fonts like the OF, not the teensy-tiny-squashed 12 lines we currently have.  Not the giant curvy font of the OF, but also not the fine faint thin squinty font of sysfont.  To my (subjective, aesthetic, personal) judgement, our current default look is off to one edge of the spectrum - not in the middle ground... ijs...

Now, I'll admit, although I *do* like the AA fonts better in the sizes shown in Cleanscreen, probably a NON-AA font could still meet my design preferences for a larger font default...

ZincAlloy:
Actually the default font is exactly 1 pixel taller than the sample I posted (capitals are 6px tall). The height of the font is alright. The line spacing is what makes it unusable for me.
This one is also 6 px tall,but the y's and g's go a little lower and it's easier to read as it's wider:



I like them a bit narrower on the ClipZip's screen with this theme, though. With album art things get thight on the wps and a wide font means lots of horizontal scrolling.
Tall fonts mean having less items on the screen when scrolling through lists - and one usually goes through many long lists when using Rockbox. Personally I think it's a reasonably sized font for the ClipZip's screen. Readability is not an issue at all.

None of these fonts is suitable for a default theme, though. They just don't have enough characters.

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