[mythtv-users] Theme for small tv

John Patrick Poet john at BlueSkyTours.com
Fri Nov 12 22:26:07 UTC 2004


I changed titivillus to use Verdana typeface instead of Arial.  *HUGE*
improvement in readability, for me.  I was even able to decrease the size of
some of the text!

John


On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, William wrote:

> You could always tell the wife that you need to buy a brand new 41"
> widescreen so you can see the fonts. :) In addition to changing the font
> size you might want to play with different fonts.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Mark J. Small
> > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:38 AM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Theme for small tv
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I've recently set up a mythtv frontend with on for my main
> > tv.  Its a 20"
> > piece of junk in a large room.  All of the themes have fonts
> > that are far too
> > small.  Has anybody made a theme that will look better on a tiny tv.
> >
> > I've messed around a little bit and made something I call
> > bigvillus, which is
> > a copy of titivillus with 28-36 point fonts, but I get tons
> > of overlapping
> > characters.  It becomes legible, but confusing.  Has anyone else made
> > something like this?
> >
> > Mark
> >
>
>
>


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list