Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:07:42 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Isabell Long <issyl0@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Changing the documentation's font style. Message-ID: <20130412180742.3f2b220a@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF%2BkLDS-HHpQxRn=FT78bnCc7s=kWfOZ7T7AU0kpPBzfwNYv7w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF%2BkLDS-HHpQxRn=FT78bnCc7s=kWfOZ7T7AU0kpPBzfwNYv7w@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:41:46 +0100 Isabell Long <issyl0@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I sent this idea to the #bsddocs IRC channel a few days ago and no-one > there objected, but here you go. I'd like to know your opinions on the > documentation font being changed from serif to sans-serif. This would > only affect the web-based docs, not the ones being prepared for print. > > An example of this is at > http://tau.devrandom.co.uk/issyl0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ , > and a diff of my very simple changes is at > http://tau.devrandom.co.uk/issyl0/docs_font.diff > > In my opinion, it makes a hugely positive difference and modernises > the look of the documentation set. > how old are you? The serif fonts are easier to read for older people. I agree, it looks more modern. But what is the idea behind a documentation? Look good or being read by people for the content. Erich
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