Re: [Usability]Another fontilus feature

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Reinout van Schouwen wrote:

> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 12:00:54 +0100 (CET)
> From: Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>
> To: Aschwin van der Woude <aschwin van der woude creanor com>
> Cc: Gnome usability list <usability gnome org>
> Subject: Re: [Usability]Another fontilus feature
>
> Hello Aschwin,
>
> On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Aschwin van der Woude wrote:
>
> > I agree the abc ain't very original. But using a sentence does use more
> > space, and I wanted to avoid increasing the size of the
> > properties-dialog too much,
>
> Is it feasible to wrap the text within the preview field and let the user
> resize the pref window (not dialog! ;]) as he pleases?
>
> I like Seths' suggestion too.
>
> > Perhaps I should special case this font, and have it say "...One Ring to
> > rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in
> > the Darkness bind them"
>
> It /does/ resemble Elvish a bit, doesn't it?

That would because it is Elvish.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/4948/tengwar/
quote:
The oldest Elvish alphabet was the "Tengwar of Rmil".

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/