Android Font Choices
It would be great to have a wider variety of font choices on Android. The current selections are either too large or too small on my Samsung Galaxy 7 tablet. Having a font slider for varied sizing would be the best. Thanks
Comments
-
I am so for this!!! I felt this was the No. 1 issue, and thought this would be tops on fixes. Since everything about Logos is reading things, I'd think this is more important than any kind of 'styling.' Font size choices are very bad, which is very odd for portable devices. I've been waiting, but now...PLEASE, let there be more options! I'm begging!
0 -
I need fonts settings option.
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
0 -
It would be great to have a wider variety of font choices on Android. The current selections are either too large or too small on my Samsung Galaxy 7 tablet. Having a font slider for varied sizing would be the best. Thanks
[Y]
[Y]
and
[Y]
0 -
I would like a different sans serif or even a sans font choice. The current font is too light with certain characters.
0 -
[Y]
The current serif font is OK but not great. There is too much width variation within the various glyphs in the font for the screen resolution (HTC One V), meaning that at small sizes it is not that easy to read.
Would be great to have a sans-serif option e.g. the sans-serif font that is used for Bible Word Study etc. Not sure if that is an Android system font or not, but it looks great on my screen.
Thanks
Richard0 -
Sans serif, please.
0 -
How about a Greek font with accents? It looks fine when reading a Greek resource, but everywhere else the accents are just boxes. That's more important to me than syncing notes, reading plans, or any other fancy feature. To me, that should be considered core functionality and not just a "nice to have," as it seems to be.
0 -
It would be great to have a wider variety of font choices on Android. The current selections are either too large or too small on my Samsung Galaxy 7 tablet. Having a font slider for varied sizing would be the best. Thanks
Jimmie,
A font slider is in the works that will allow for finer font size adjustments. Thanks!
0 -
I agree totally with Jason. Getting the Greek accents correct has to be a high priority and it's not enough that it only works when reading a Greek resource. What is the point of looking up a Greek word only to find the lemma provided is missing any letters that are accented. I agree that this should be considered core functionality. Any chance of getting it fixed soon?
0 -
How about a Greek font with accents? It looks fine when reading a Greek resource, but everywhere else the accents are just boxes. That's more important to me than syncing notes, reading plans, or any other fancy feature. To me, that should be considered core functionality and not just a "nice to have," as it seems to be.
I personally fall in that camp. However, not everyone does and there are thousands of users with the app. Others no doubt think that their pet item is more important than accents on Greek.
Nevertheless, it is still a good thing to bring it up. That helps Logos figure out what is needed.
Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 0 -
I certainly understand what you mean about choosing the most important features for them to work on. I also realize that original language study is not what most folks do. However, the mobile devices are touted as being natural extensions of the desktop versions. I bought a Kindle Fire rather than an iPad because I expected to be able to do everything with my Android device that I could do on my iPhone.
My point is that there is a lot more sizzle than steak when it comes to Logos' mobile offerings. I made the mistake of believing the marketing hype. Shame on me for not doing deeper research with this. Now I just hope that they can at least provide what should be basic functionality. I was able to forgive this more easily when we were at 0.9.4. Now that we are at version 1.0 I would have expected this to work.
0 -
Now that we are at version 1.0 I would have expected this to work.
A crucial observation. Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 0 -
I am very happy that this is now fixed in the latest stable release. I wish that I could have upgraded it through the Amazon app store, but I'm just glad to have this working now.
0 -
What's wrong with two-finger pinching like browsers and other apps / UIs on these devices? I don't get the explicit font size choice mechanism.
Donnie
0 -
There is also a problem with Hebrew text: the pointing is not quite at the right spot. I have read that this is partly because of the lack of sufficient support for this kind of font in Android.
I don't know how it all works under the hood but I have found several apps that show that it is possible to get it right (perpetua, cadrebible and one deck in Ankidroid (with bwhebb font)). Perhaps the Logos programmers can look at how these apps have handled it and apply it to Logos for Android?
0 -
I've been looking into this problem, the Droid system fonts do not have many available characters, and I assume this is intentional, as it will shave miliseconds off the lead time of apps and resources.
Hey Logos, I've seen Abyssinica and other SIL fonts. How about looking into SIL's Charis, Doulos, or Gentium as options? Loading such a large font may slow some devices down, but it would open the door to so many languages of custom resources displaying on android devices. The translators I work with would love this. They're freeee.
0 -
Oh, it seems these .ttf fonts would work on Apple devices, too.
0 -
I see that there are Hebrew fonts packages available for rooted devices. Has anyone gone that root and found that it solved the font display problem in Logos for Android?
0 -
I see that there are Hebrew fonts packages available for rooted devices. Has anyone gone that root and found that it solved the font display problem in Logos for Android?
Hi Francis,
Logos uses the font it ships with and doesn't currently employ other font packages, so I don't believe having these fonts installed would make any difference.
0 -
Logos uses the font it ships with and doesn't currently employ other font packages
Sorry this is incorrect
section headers and verse numbers all employ the users selected system font (see yellow highlights) which is a non android font, installed post installing logos
What I really want is a SANS font for the text, not forcefed the SERIF as current, personally I think what ever system font is should be applied to the english text at users risk but you are overwriting our preferences and specifying the font to use, or it would be same as heading, this is another reason why I am currently using another android bible package,
Never Deprive Anyone of Hope.. It Might Be ALL They Have
0 -
Logos uses the font it ships with and doesn't currently employ other font packages
Sorry this is incorrect
DominicM,
I'm not referring to verse numbers or headers but the font used by the actual resource content; this ships with Logos and cannot currently be changed. As I mentioned earlier, I'm glad you've found another application you are pleased with but I'm not sure how else I can help you. You might refer future suggestions to the suggestion forum. Thanks!
0 -
Kevin,
Thanks for clarifying that, I will send it to suggestions.
Forgive the frustration, I see the potential of what Logos for Android could be, but comparing that to where we are currently,and your competitors products, it is very disheartening, I want Logos for android to be the best mobile Bible software out there, and even better than the competition, so hope you will forgive me if I have set you a high standard target.
I dont want to use a competitors application, I really dont..
Never Deprive Anyone of Hope.. It Might Be ALL They Have
0 -
Forgive the frustration, I see the potential of what Logos for Android could be, but comparing that to where we are currently,and your competitors products, it is very disheartening
Hi DominicM,
If the ability to choose another font is more important to you than anything else, again - I can't help you.
I want Logos for android to be the best mobile Bible software out there, and even better than the competition, so hope you will forgive me if I have set you a high standard target.
I hope you will ask on our competitors forums (that is, if they have forums) why Logos has nearly 26,000 resources available on mobile devices but they don't. I think that fact has far more to do with being the best mobile Bible software out there than not being able to choose another font. Of course that is just my opinion.
I dont want to use a competitors application, I really dont..
I think you should use whatever applications make you happy and more productive. You can use Logos alongside many other Bible applications, and I would encourage that.
0 -
Yes. I would appreciate more granularity in the font choices. I found only 2 of the 10 font sizes are readable on my Nexus 7.
Also, it would be nice to have a beige background with brown text like other readers have. The Day and Night modes are nice, but the sepia version would be appreciated.
0 -
Also, would it be possible to allow the "info" text (such as greek/hebrew word definitions) to change in size with the other content? That would help us visually impaired...
Thanks,
Matt
0 -
Forgive the frustration, I see the potential of what Logos for Android could be, but comparing that to where we are currently,and your competitors products, it is very disheartening
Hi DominicM,
If the ability to choose another font is more important to you than anything else, again - I can't help you.
I want Logos for android to be the best mobile Bible software out there, and even better than the competition, so hope you will forgive me if I have set you a high standard target.
I hope you will ask on our competitors forums (that is, if they have forums) why Logos has nearly 26,000 resources available on mobile devices but they don't. I think that fact has far more to do with being the best mobile Bible software out there than not being able to choose another font. Of course that is just my opinion.
I dont want to use a competitors application, I really dont..
I think you should use whatever applications make you happy and more productive. You can use Logos alongside many other Bible applications, and I would encourage that.
Kevin I'm a big fanboy of Logos, but on the Android platform it is simply not the best out there. Some basic stuff needs to happen with readability especially with original language fonts. You are making progress as you have said on a more fine-tuned slider.
Dominic has brought up some constructive suggestions for a basic area where Logos for android is deficient. I think rather than encouraging him in your tone to go to a competitor, you should acknowledge his point and then attack this deficiency in the appropriate order as you work to improve the app. I left reading your interaction with a bad taste in my mouth toward Logos. Logos does have a distinct advantage in its library size, it is the best desktop software, it is wonderful that the huge library can be taken mobile...but it is far from the best mobile app...but I'm with Dominic, I am excited about the possibility. You will not find a bigger Logos fanboy than this one, but responses like this one do dishearten me.
Jacob Hantla
Pastor/Elder, Grace Bible Church
gbcaz.org0
