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saratoga:

--- Quote from: Neil Parks on October 30, 2014, 11:11:25 PM ---Phooey.  I thought that "themes" were an optional extra, not a necessity.   

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They are optional.  As you noted above, you can change the fonts other ways, or not change them at all.

[Saint]:
There's no need to use another theme for this at all, at least, not if you don't want a font that is drastically larger than the current.

Simply install our font pack, if you haven't already done so, and then on the device navigate to:

Settings - Theme Settings - Font - <the_font_you_want_to_use.fnt>

Press select on your desired font, and your work here is done.

Please note: this will only work for theme that do not "hard code" the theme WPS/SBS font(s) (cabbiev2, the default, does not), and that the default theme (cabbiev2) can handle larger fonts to an extent but it is largely built to use a specific font size and elements of text may start to get pushed out of their boundaries if you select a too large font.


[Saint]

Neil Parks:

--- Quote ---There's no need to use another theme for this at all, at least, not if you don't want a font that is drastically larger than the current.

--- End quote ---
We're going in circles here.  I specifically DID need something drastically larger.

--- Quote ---Simply install our font pack, if you haven't already done so,

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I did install the font pack. 

--- Quote ---and then on the device navigate to:

--- End quote ---
AHA!  That is the problem!  Navigating the device with the submicroscopic default font is exactly where the difficulty is.  The default font and/or theme that initially starts up when nothing different is selected needs to be more human-readable than the current default.

[Saint]:
My eye sight is _shocking_, I mean...bad. Terrible.

And the Nano1G cabbiev2 default font is still plenty large enough to enable me to at least change the default font. Even if it wasn't, we have a voiced UI, that is enabled by default (it has to be, to accommodate those with no eyesight whatsoever).

We need to strike a balance between usability, and functionality, judging by the lack of complaints, I believe we have done this. We can't realistically fill up the screen with a 30px font and push all the other menu items off screen.

We can't create a situation that caters for everyone. But we can create a situation that works for most people, and give the others they tools the require to make the changes that suit them.

You know what to do, and how, the rest is in your hands.


[Saint]

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