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Kajitani-Eizan
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« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2008, 06:23:53 pm »

1 pixel for ascender, 5 pixels x-height, 1 pixel descender, 1 pixel descender shadow would work, i think, right? or is 5 px x-height too small?

i also like the idea of spacing the numbers out a bit, or making them thicker like dragonsbrethren's.

EDIT: also, thanks for bringing up the idea of text figures in the first place... they look really awesome Tongue
« Last Edit: September 05, 2008, 07:47:42 pm by Kajitani-Eizan »
Nightcrawler
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« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2008, 11:44:13 am »

I've wrestled with this issue before and my conclusion is it really depends on what is on the screen. Screens with many numbers such such as a stats screen typically look better with aligned fixed width numbers. Though screens with much less numbers such as a main menu with gold amount or some HP values can look better variable width as alignment isn't as big part of the presentation.

If I had to choose only one or the other, I'd probably leave them fixed width.
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