Checklist Text and Fonts

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For reference, see Look and Feel Basics - Visual Design - Text and Fonts


For reviewers: Please report bugs to bugs.kde.org for the given application. In the title, please use the prefix "HIG <nr of rule>:", e.g. "HIG CL2/1.3:" when an application uses fixed font sizes. Add a link to this page to your bug summary for reference.

Please also link the bugs you reported on this wiki page (http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Checklist+Text+and+Fonts).

For developers: Please contact the kde-hci or kde-usability-devel mailing lists for call backs or questions.


Checklist

1. Fonts in the user interface

  • CL2/1 Application usage of fonts should follow the global KDE settings (exception: fonts within documents, special artwork in games)
  • CL2/1.1 Application settings for fonts should be relative to the KDE settings
  • CL2/1.2 Font family: The KDE setting should be used by default (special text like titles can use a font style relative to the standard setting)
  • CL2/1.3 Font sizes: The KDE setting should be used by default (special text like titles can use a size relative to the standard setting)
  • CL2/1.4 KDE standard widgets should be used to modify font settings in applications

2. Spelling

  • CL2/2.1 There should be no spelling mistakes (US English)
  • CL2/2.2 There should be no spelling mistakes in the translations, either
  • CL2/2.3 Book title capitalization is used where appropriate
  • CL2/2.4 Sentence style capitalization is used where appropriate