Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [janderwald] 22425: change to dialog font to MS S hell Dlg patch by EmuandCo

[Ged Murphy]

Klemens Friedl wrote:
> >   From:
> > janderwald(a)svn.reactos.org [mailto:[e-mail]]
> >  Sent: 19 June 2006 18:31
> >  To: ros-diffs(a)reactos.org
> >  Subject: [ros-diffs] [janderwald] 22425: change to dialog font to MS Shell
> >  Dlg patch by EmuandCo
> >       
>  I though such patches should wait until we discussed a bit more about
>  a fonts and a guideline to prevent inconsistent font usage. (see other
>  mailing list thread about the same topic!)
>
>  MS has changed the Win standard font several times. MS Shell, Sans
>  Serif, Segoe UI, etc.
>
>  We should check which (already available) font in our ReactOS tree
>  does look good for most purposes and propose that font as our default
>  font for guideline.
>     
The whole point of having MS Shell Dlg is to control the fonts together.
MS Shell Dlg is not a real font, it's a registry value which maps to the 
current user interface font.
The font can be changed in the registry to point to any font we please, 
so as soon as we implement a Tahoma equivalent, it's quick and easy to 
change the whole OS over to that default font.

This is the correct way to go for consistency and changeability.

Ged.