Font Sizing

One of the main complaints (or at least one of the most common anyway) is that some text is not big enough to see could we make it bigger. We've added new font sets (Bigger for 4x3 and Bigger or Massive for non-4x3) to try and alleviate the problem and thankfully these do seem to work for a number of users but there still seems to be a few users out there who are still struggling.

We can't just increase font sizes across the board as it would just mess up certain parts of the skin (where the area the text resides is not big enough to accommodate large fonts) so we've added increases to the fonts that we think would be most needed.

I'm starting this thread so that if there are any users out there that have tried the Bigger (and Massive if non 4x3) font sets and they still need further changes then they can detail them here.

To request a change please detail which resolution you are running in, which font set you are using and then details of the text size that needs changing (detailed screen and text info or a screenshot if possible) and we'll see what we can do

THANKS!!

I have upgraded to .92 and the fonts work great for me...

I will examine closer to see if any fields are over crowded or what not...



Now we just need icons for "up a level" and this will make navigation easier. I noticed the request for a GUI button...that may be nice too for noobs or women. haha (mine would kill me if she read that)

Thanks again...Wonderful Skin.

I have gotten multiple people interested in the XBMC project as a whole now that it runs on multiple platforms and this awesome skin.

I'm using 0.92 on my Xbox, and changing the font setting has no effect on the font size, making the list screens (which I use mostly) difficult to read.
Is there something I'm missing here?

Second that, no difference in font readability on xbox attached to 32" 16:9 CRT, whether i choose massive or bigger.

I had to bump up the size of each font type manually by 5 in font.xml to be able to use mediastream without having do digg my googles out of the basement.

As I said above:

Quote:To request a change please detail which resolution you are running in, which font set you are using and then details of the text size that needs changing (detailed screen and text info or a screenshot if possible) and we'll see what we can do

I'm using v93 and I still get no difference in font sizes between default, bigger, and massive.

My resolution on my xbox is 4:3 NTSC

Too small of fonts for my aging eyesight.

As far asI remember you won't see any difference on the settings screens but the plot info's for episodes/movies etc should definitely be affected by the font set you select

I am using the latesst T3CH build of XBMC, plus the latest MediaStream Skin on a 27" 4:3 NTSC tv, and the font's are still really hard to read throughout the entire skin, especially the plot/season info. I took a bunch of screenshots, but excuse my ignorance i dont know where/how to upload them. I have tried the massive and bigger fonts, rebooting after each change but nothing has helped.

If you want screenshots, i can provide them....sigh i just need some instructions where i can upload them. Fawk sound like a damn newbie hahaha

Cheers!

wyild1

If you could up some of your screenshots to the likes of www.imageshack.us that would be perfect then paste the links in here and we can have a proper look at the issue.

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They were really small for me too so I went through font.xml and increased everything +5 as another thread on the MediaStream forum suggested.

There are some overlap issues but I barely pay attention to them, the benefit of being able to read is worth it IMO.