Zero88 Desk-Screen Font Choice

[barefootcoder]

Hi

I think this is a question for John and the Zero88 team but...

 

Has anyone else besides me ever wanted a different font that is displayed on the screen we can attach to our zero88 desks?

 

I have used the frog desks and I am currently using a Jester.

 

The font that is displayed is similar to Times Roman, and it would be really good (especially for us lot whose eyesight is not that great) to have a more modular font with no fancy pieces around the letter.

 

The Ubuntu common font is a good all-rounder, or perhaps Arial or something similar (or even a few choices).

 

...any ideas anyone?

 

Thanx

 

pj

[jw-lighting]

Hi pj,

there are three (relevant) categories of fonts: serif, sans-serif and monospace.

 

The jester uses a monospace font with serifs... Monospaced means, that every char has the same with (space). In some situations this is what you want or maybe the software is not capable of using multi-spaced fonts. Additionally, the Ubuntu or other sans-serif fonts need a large resolution to look good, so it's not fitting with the jesters specs.

 

That's what I'm thinking about it, at last Jon (zero88) can give a categorical answer.

[barefootcoder]

I agree, Monospaced fonts are ideal for this situation.

There are a few different monospaced fonts that could work.

Perhaps one with no fancy topping and tailling of the letters.

Maybe something like Andale Mono - this is very popular.

 

or maybe Letter Gothic

 

 

Kind Regards

[Jon Hole]

Thanks for the comments!

 

We use monospaced fonts for various reasons. The main one is so intensities don't "jump" / "shake" all over the place when running a fade.

 

There's another issue here that's not been covered... which is licensing and distribution. Unfortunately we can't just choose any font and start shipping it