WindowBlinds design question.
Monday, September 6, 2004 by Pardie | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I have noticed that most if not all of the dark color WB, with white or contrasting color for the text invariably have some menu or other that the white letters do not show up well enough. Is there any such thing as a setting that could sense the color of the back menu or whatever, and automatically use a dark font for just that menu? It would be great. Or if anyone knows of a dark WB that uses a lighter color font that works well in all menus, please let me know. Thanks
HG_Eliminator
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 12:46 AM
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 12:46 AM
pardie. if you have skinstudio professional you can go in and change the font colors your self to better suit your needs..(i have on many skins)... as koasati has stated it is not easy coming up with font colors that accent the skins color tones while still be easily read. but i know that the skinners around here listen to their fans needs ... 
Pardie
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 7:56 AM
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 7:56 AM
Thanks for the reply. I have always been a bit intimidated by skinstudio, but maybe it is time to try my hand at it. If it allows me to pick a font color for different menu, or windows, that might work. The difficulty is that Windows uses the same font setting in more than one instance, and so setting the font to be white in one, runs afoul when Win uses the same setting for another window. But, I think I shall just have to get into Skinstudio. If WindowBlinds could come up with that feature automatically, it would be a great boon to all. Again, thanks.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 12:40 AM
'Tis the curse of the dark skin, and one of the reasons, I can't use most of them.
No, there's no magic setting to detect the color of a menu. And how would a dark font be more visible on a dark background than white?
Creating an easy to read, dark WB skin is a challenge that few can accomplish. IMHO