[TYPO3-doc] TYPO3-project-documentation Digest, Vol 76, Issue 7

Sabine Hueber sabine.hueber at designeon.de
Sun Jan 30 12:31:48 CET 2011


Hi all,

the Share is a little difficult to compose but from my point of view it`s ok. When it is the official TYPO3 corporate font, it is important to apply it. But it may be applied sparingly. (only for the headlines)  I would never use it for main texts which have more than 2 lines. (e.g. the title page) 

The bigger headlines I would set in roman style, the smaller ones don`t have enough "contrast" to the text yet. I would set them in bold style. Important is, to have always enough space between the headlines and the main text. This could be reduced a little, when the smaller headlines get "prominent" enough in relation to the main text. (would happen when set to bold) 

Something else I want to say: In my opinion the Share and the Baskervald for the main text don`t suit to each other very well. I know that it is really difficult to find a functional, good readable open source font for main text. May we can have a look for another one? Could it also be a sans serif font? Sans serif fonts are better readable on screens and they work good for printing too. 

Three things are important: The font for the main text should fit to the Share, it should be plain (no twirls or unnecessary ad-ons) and it needs to be absolutely well readable even though it is set in a smaller size. (e.g. 10 pt) I found a open source font which seems to be capable: The freeSans. I added a Screenshot of the font. What do you think about? There are 4 font weights available. (roman, bold, kursiv, bold-kursiv)

Please have a look at: 

http://www.darmstadt-typo3.de/typo3fonts.html

It would be nice to have the bold style of the Share and the Office Template. So we could develop the typography together. 

Cheers,
Sabine

Am 29.01.2011 um 12:00 schrieb typo3-project-documentation-request at lists.typo3.org:

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> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:47:26 -0500
> From: Patrick Gaumond <gaumondpatrick at hotmail-no-spam.com>
> Subject: Re: [TYPO3-doc] Share font
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> On 2011-01-28 04:19, Fran?ois Suter wrote:
> 
>> I made two variants, one with Share Bold (with some smaller titles in
>> Share Regular) and one with only Share Regular:
>> 
>> http://d.pr/Kesx
>> http://d.pr/QMjp
>> 
>> I'm not going to say anything in order to avoid influencing your
>> opinion. What's your favorite variant?
> 
> "Strangely" the bold one at least on screen (no printer around).
> 
> I like obvious things...
> 
> Patrick
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> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:56:52 +0100
> From: Susanne Moog <typo3 at susannemoog.de>
> Subject: Re: [TYPO3-doc] Share font
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> On 28.01.2011 10:19, Fran?ois Suter wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>>> I will make a try (probably tomorrow) and come back with instructions
>>> for updating existing documentation.
>> 
>> I made two variants, one with Share Bold (with some smaller titles in
>> Share Regular) and one with only Share Regular:
>> 
>> http://d.pr/Kesx
>> http://d.pr/QMjp
>> 
>> I'm not going to say anything in order to avoid influencing your
>> opinion. What's your favorite variant?
> 
> hm, hard. I like the regular with the bigger headlines (like chapter and
> next level heading) but for me it's looking to indistinctive for the
> smaller headline like lower level heading and "smallest heading". The
> bold is for me a bit "too much" for the big headlines.
> 
> Thx for your work!
> 
> susanne
> 
> -- 
> What's worth the price is always worth the fight
> Every second counts 'cause there's no second try
> 
> TYPO3 Core Team Member
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> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:05:29 +0100
> From: Hermann Ragaller <hermann.ragaller at hrex.de>
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> I'm in favour of the bold one :-)
> I find it visually more appealing.
> 
> Hermann
> 
> 
> Am 28.01.2011 10:19, schrieb Fran?ois Suter:
>> I made two variants, one with Share Bold (with some smaller titles in
>> Share Regular) and one with only Share Regular:
>> 
>> http://d.pr/Kesx
>> http://d.pr/QMjp
> 
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> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:25:47 +0100
> From: Philipp Gampe <typo3.lists at philippgampe.info>
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> Hi Francois,
> 
> Fran?ois Suter wrote:
> 
>> I made two variants, one with Share Bold (with some smaller titles in
>> Share Regular) and one with only Share Regular:
>> 
>> http://d.pr/Kesx
>> http://d.pr/QMjp
> 
> I go for the bold variant.
> 
> Best regards
> -- 
> Philipp Gampe
> 
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> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:11:53 +0100
> From: Daniel Bruessler <danielb at typo3.org>
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> Hello Francois,
> 
> I see it like Susanne, the bold one would be too strong.
> 
> It's good, that we can use this font now! The licence of the "share" font should be share-a-like, otherwise the name of this family wouldn't be correct ;-)
> 
> Greets!
> Daniel
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>>> I will make a try (probably tomorrow) and come back with instructions
>>> for updating existing documentation.
>> 
>> I made two variants, one with Share Bold (with some smaller titles in Share Regular) and one with only Share Regular:
>> 
>> http://d.pr/Kesx
>> http://d.pr/QMjp
>> 
>> I'm not going to say anything in order to avoid influencing your opinion. What's your favorite variant?
>> 
>> Note that this is about totally replacing Gillius n?2, as we're not going to have 3 font families inside the document. Maybe in some places it would make sense to use Baskervald instead of Share.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:24:13 +0100
> From: Jigal van Hemert <jigal at xs4all.nl>
> Subject: Re: [TYPO3-doc] Share font
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> Hi,
> 
> On 28-1-2011 10:19, Fran?ois Suter wrote:
>> I made two variants, one with Share Bold (with some smaller titles in
>> Share Regular) and one with only Share Regular:
> 
> My choices in order of preference:
> 
> 1. Gillius n?2
> 2. Share Regular
> 3. Share Bold
> 
> The bold version makes it look too much like dark dots on a lighter 
> background.
> Share is surprisingly hard to read despite the way the glyphs are designed.
> 
> I sure hope you're not going to use the fixed width Share version for 
> code samples...
> 
> -- 
> Kind regards / met vriendelijke groet,
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:27:16 +0100
> From: Fran?ois Suter <fsu-lists at cobweb.ch>
> Subject: Re: [TYPO3-doc] Share font
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> Hi again,
> 
>> I will make a try (probably tomorrow) and come back with instructions
>> for updating existing documentation.
> 
> Thanks for all your comments, here's version 2:
> 
> http://d.pr/kLSx
> 
> I also think that Share Bold is too heave for large titles. I have thus 
> made it so in this version: globally all occurrences of Gillius n?2 (and 
> I had missed a couple) are replaced by Share Regular, except for:
> 
> - the smaller titles (Heading 4 + 5) where it was indeed hard to tell 
> apart from the body text. In this case I used Share Bold.
> - in the table caption I switched to Vera Sans Mono, as it is a more 
> technical information and Share looked out of place there.
> - for the table of contents I switched to Baskervald as it didn't look 
> good to have the whole TOC in Share.
> 
> My personal opinion is also that Share is not a very legible font, even 
> when used just for headings. However it is our official font and it's 
> proper that we should use it.
> 
> Vera Sans Mono definitely stays for code samples IMO.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> -- 
> 
> Francois Suter
> Cobweb Development Sarl - http://www.cobweb.ch
> 
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:47:54 +0100
> From: Daniel Bruessler <danielb at typo3.org>
> Subject: Re: [TYPO3-doc] Share font
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> Hello,
> 
> maybe it's enough if we use the share font just for the logo, the header information and the first page until "The content of this document is related to TYPO3
> - a GNU/GPL CMS/Framework available from www.typo3.org".
> 
> So we would use it for the "wrapping of the present", but we would not have it for the text itself.
> 
> Somebody who's profession is typography should help deciding this. ;-)
> 
> Greets!
> Daniel
> 
>> Hi again,
>> 
>>> I will make a try (probably tomorrow) and come back with instructions
>>> for updating existing documentation.
>> 
>> Thanks for all your comments, here's version 2:
>> 
>> http://d.pr/kLSx
>> 
>> I also think that Share Bold is too heave for large titles. I have thus made it so in this version: globally all occurrences of Gillius n?2 (and I had missed a couple) are replaced by Share Regular,
>> except for:
>> 
>> - the smaller titles (Heading 4 + 5) where it was indeed hard to tell apart from the body text. In this case I used Share Bold.
>> - in the table caption I switched to Vera Sans Mono, as it is a more technical information and Share looked out of place there.
>> - for the table of contents I switched to Baskervald as it didn't look good to have the whole TOC in Share.
>> 
>> My personal opinion is also that Share is not a very legible font, even when used just for headings. However it is our official font and it's proper that we should use it.
>> 
>> Vera Sans Mono definitely stays for code samples IMO.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
> 
> 
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