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Re: System font

To: REALbasic NUG <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: System font
From: Aaron Ballman <aaron at realsoftware dot com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:28:45 -0600
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You should always stick to the system settings since that is what the user has selected for their OS. ;-)

In some cases that would depend on your type of program, would it not ?

Certainly -- things like games can get away with using their own UI elements (including fonts, colors, etc). But if your application is meant to play nicely on the system with other applications, it should try to adhere to the UI standards as much as it can. I won't comment with my opinions on custom UI (think windows media player, iTunes on Windows, etc).

~Aaron
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