jQ 3.5 released

Devolux — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:11:15 +0000

After a long period of absence over the summer, I have finally released the newest version of the jQ theme. It has now more options than before, including several fields that allow the adjustment of the text layout (fonts & colours). I will soon add more fonts to choose. If you have some suggestions, please let me know.

On Fonts

Devolux — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:11:44 +0000

I have changed the default font of the jQ theme options from “Sans-Serif” (which was mainly Helvetica) to “Serif” (which is Georgia). While I much prefer serif fonts – and especially Georgia – I’ve always had a sans-serif font in the default styles of my themes because I believe that most people rather like fonts such as these. This used to be Verdana and later Helvetica.

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Georgia)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Times)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Bookman)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Helvetica)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Verdana)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Arial)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Monospce)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Comic Sans)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Courier)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Impact)

As you can see, this is not only a question of personal liking but also of technical concern regarding font sizes. And there’s one more thing important to me when styling texts: the line height, adjustable with the CSS property line-height. I usually use a value of 2.0. This is the double default value! I think that makes text much more comfortable to be read. And it also looks better since it gives free space to the appearance of a page.

Devolux 2010 » Design

jQ 3.5 released

On Fonts