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Help me decide on an interface
« on: November 11, 2009, 10:34:43 PM »
Hey everyone,

I'm trying to decide whether thin or thick lines, and whether plain or bold text look better for my interface.  Would you mind looking at these four screen shots and telling me which look you think is best?  I'm only wondering about the text on the right and the bottom, and the white borders around it.

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/3310/thickbordersboldtext.png

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/9903/thickbordersplaintext.png

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3668/thinbordersboldtext.png

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1814/thinbordersplaintext.png

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Re: Help me decide on an interface
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2009, 10:44:26 PM »
I like the last : plain text and thin lines.

BTW: theme looks interesting, I imagine some nice urban fantasy from it. Dark streets, necromancers, mages and other suspicious elements in the night and member of the city guard has a hard time in it.

Never mind.

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Re: Help me decide on an interface
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 11:06:59 PM »
Poor Rayna. Is that any way to treat a lady?

I like the last one.

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Re: Help me decide on an interface
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2009, 11:55:53 PM »
I like the 4th one the best.

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Re: Help me decide on an interface
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2009, 06:33:21 AM »
So it seems like thin lines and plain text are the most popular combination.  Does everyone agree that I should go with that, or is there anyone who prefers one of the others?

Poor Rayna. Is that any way to treat a lady?

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Re: Help me decide on an interface
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2009, 03:53:49 PM »
If you want to use pure white text I suggest you make both panels not black but dark grey or dark something. Then you don't need a border or it could also be darker.

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Re: Help me decide on an interface
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2009, 09:57:33 PM »
If you want to use pure white text I suggest you make both panels not black but dark grey or dark something. Then you don't need a border or it could also be darker.

Yeah, that might be a good idea.  I'm not married to the white-on-black color scheme yet, so I'm open to suggestions.

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Re: Help me decide on an interface
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2010, 07:06:35 AM »
Am I too late to vote?  :)

I like thick and bold. I have vision problems.

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Re: Help me decide on an interface
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2010, 04:36:14 PM »
My pick would be number 3, thin lines and bold text.

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Re: Help me decide on an interface
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2010, 10:33:10 PM »
I honestly don't have a preference on the borders, but I definitely vote for the thin text; IMHO, it looks a lot better. :)
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Re: Help me decide on an interface
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2010, 03:46:05 PM »
+1 for the thin text.