2014-12-25, 12:54
Hi,
As a long time user of the work in progress Immersive Skin and a general fan of the flat Metro asthetic, I'm glad I stumbled upon 1080XF as it feels a lot faster and more stable than the already very good Immersive skin. The one thing I personally didn't like was the original font choice - while Open Sans is fine, the condensed version wouldn't have been my first choice at all.
I think Metro's design principles work best with a simple sans-serif, geometric font, which is why I made this very simple font mod that offers 3 alternatives to the original font:
- Futura (the classic geometric font, never gets old - comes in two sizes here, for big screen or desktop use)
- Segoe UI (for those who like to stick to Microsoft's original font choice for Metro)
- Paneuropa Neue (a finer, more elegant alternative to Futura that has a slight grotesque touch to it)
Installation
1. copy the fonts from this "/fonts" to your "skin.1080xf/fonts/" (only the new fonts are included, so make sure you keep the original Open Sans and Roboto fonts)
2. backup your "Font.xml" in "skin.1080xf/1080i/" - just in case, the original fontset is included in my file though
3. copy/replace "Font.xml" from this "/1080i" to your "skin.1080xf/1080i"
Download
Removed due to licensing limitations of Segoe UI and Futura. Sorry about that.
Preview
As a long time user of the work in progress Immersive Skin and a general fan of the flat Metro asthetic, I'm glad I stumbled upon 1080XF as it feels a lot faster and more stable than the already very good Immersive skin. The one thing I personally didn't like was the original font choice - while Open Sans is fine, the condensed version wouldn't have been my first choice at all.
I think Metro's design principles work best with a simple sans-serif, geometric font, which is why I made this very simple font mod that offers 3 alternatives to the original font:
- Futura (the classic geometric font, never gets old - comes in two sizes here, for big screen or desktop use)
- Segoe UI (for those who like to stick to Microsoft's original font choice for Metro)
- Paneuropa Neue (a finer, more elegant alternative to Futura that has a slight grotesque touch to it)
Installation
1. copy the fonts from this "/fonts" to your "skin.1080xf/fonts/" (only the new fonts are included, so make sure you keep the original Open Sans and Roboto fonts)
2. backup your "Font.xml" in "skin.1080xf/1080i/" - just in case, the original fontset is included in my file though
3. copy/replace "Font.xml" from this "/1080i" to your "skin.1080xf/1080i"
Download
Removed due to licensing limitations of Segoe UI and Futura. Sorry about that.
Preview
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