Tue, 3 Jun 2008 07:52:23 -0700 (PDT) Valerie <valerie_vk@...36...> kirjoitti:
I don't think anybody else does it. Most other applications just either separate type face/style from type family or just provide B/I buttons. The bolder/lighter approach is more interesting, because then you can easily cycle between multiple faces. I'd love to see how this could be done in UI other than with two buttons (bolder/lighter) as well, actually :)
Well for me it will heavily depend on whether I actually Get the concept. Is the behaviour continuous or discrete (as in, can you set in just about any value or are you limited to a few specific ones?) Same for italics: you decide the slant of the text right? Can you specify just about any value?
Actually, this reminded me of Tinkerhouse ( http://tinkerhouse.sollec.org/ ).
With such modular typeface engine, we could have fonts where you can modify stuff like how bold you want your font - though obviously only on fonts generated with the same engine. We could quite well have a continuous slider from really thin to super bold.
Too bad that this would first need working SVG Fonts support and released Tinkerhouse code...