Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago
Original comment by mimm...@google.com
on 29 Apr 2013 at 9:43
Just curious, what kind of content would you like to display on Glass that
requires a monospace font?
Original comment by mimm...@google.com
on 4 May 2013 at 4:51
Not the submitter, but I could imagine a StackOverflow Glassware where you ask
a question and can then swipe through a couple lines of code on each screen...
Or a review tool glassware where you can swipe through a couple logs of diffs
(while sitting on a subway when you can't take your laptop out of something)
and add voice notes...
Almost anything coding related. :)
Original comment by lna...@gmail.com
on 8 May 2013 at 7:00
I have a couple of (limited) use cases where I want a couple of lines of
numbers to line up, and a monospaced font would be useful in these cases.
Original comment by Prison4...@gmail.com
on 28 May 2013 at 7:22
@Prison4044: Would you mind sharing these cases? :)
Original comment by mimm...@google.com
on 28 May 2013 at 8:06
Some of what I'm exploring are converting spreadsheet data, sometimes in a
limited form, to timeline cards. The data I'm taking it from varies in each
case, but consider something like
Balance Before: 2210.37
Changes: 55.13
Balance After: 2265.50
or
Balance Before: 2210.37
Changes: (10.17)
Balance After: 2200.20
Consider even the case of a transaction receipt:
Subtotal: 100.00
6% Tax: 6.00
======
Total: 106.00
Now cut and paste these into a text editor with a monospaced font. {:
Original comment by Prison4...@gmail.com
on 28 May 2013 at 8:16
And thinking about it more, I can even see how some game score screens could
benefit from this same kind of digit alignment. So while some things I can (and
would want to) stick to a better font, I would want to have some digits line up
in limited cases, leaning towards a monospaced font for those components.
Original comment by Prison4...@gmail.com
on 28 May 2013 at 8:17
For these cases why would you use monospaced text over an HTML table?
Original comment by mimm...@google.com
on 28 May 2013 at 8:28
The digits themselves lining up (and lining up on the decimal point) is part of
what is important. It gets more important for larger numbers. So while it is
possible to put the number in a table cell and right align that cell, the
leftmost numbers may get far enough out of alignment to make it more difficult
to read at a glance.
I suppose it is feasible to make each digit a table cell (and this is probably
what I would do if monospace isn't supported), but this would make it even
stranger and more difficult to read.
Other aspects, the text, could (and probably should) be variably spaced.
(I don't know why I'm arguing so hard for this. As I said, the use case would
be limited.)
Original comment by Prison4...@gmail.com
on 28 May 2013 at 8:35
Oh, I understand now.
Please don't make single character tables for presenting ledgers. :)
Original comment by mimm...@google.com
on 28 May 2013 at 10:48
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
appmat...@gmail.com
on 28 Apr 2013 at 4:52