From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 14 08:59:11 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04269586 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:59:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ddwood@highdensity.org) Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com (mail-pb0-f41.google.com [209.85.160.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D016B7DC for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:59:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f41.google.com with SMTP id mc17so2068795pbc.28 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:59:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent:x-gm-message-state; bh=nLk6AMR3akcxpGTYt3G4hsB+97f5NRzUWy/qLew9S2s=; b=VpSac0xw9nKuPxLrTG+GcqyfN5YfQTtvk4PpHAXlhGYPN+Wz6HX8No/HzURdxGQzQ6 6z3PYmft3xg3pg5W8/K5QeODMABrkTg5xnLfRnHMCpsjxBNLs27FiUDwslKmHJTkQbyl kQFwvkrHQOOkWaSGZl83m7Z4JjLMEQNBhbrcXt2vXh2itmPUrkx96HGPJ+bJHU4ukRya SRfdNJ2lbxg4a8e5AQ7gVM5ILUis/3Ytkdi0EUopBKLE+Eb/QaGrBJflAoVVSgVVvEZ3 QRpVcrxLef0TTMODuHvYP0QvPnQRKT/gRIemaeJ7ckyM45byspGAX6THx2ThSo6tm5+5 jmig== X-Received: by 10.68.252.227 with SMTP id zv3mr23740004pbc.14.1365929949926; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:59:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from yavin (ip68-231-151-161.tc.ph.cox.net. [68.231.151.161]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id lo7sm12823215pab.19.2013.04.14.01.59.07 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:59:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:59:00 -0700 From: Derek Wood To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Changing the documentation's font style. Message-ID: <20130414085900.GA21307@yavin> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkherMncv2sAgbT3tNNExM7XruoqsRx9qm0/zlY1QuDV0wYa/7b9oRzdwPU1/lP6Ak2ccEQ X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:59:11 -0000 On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:41:46AM +0100, Isabell Long 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. > > Thanks, > > Isabell. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I have no qualms about defaulting to a sans-serif typeface, but the provided diff is also selecting a font (Verdana) and a font size (10pt). Using Chrome I am able to specify a default sans-serif font as well as a default font size, so the only thing your patch does is change my settings to something else. I understand that many people don't set default fonts for whatever reason, but I believe that just setting the "font-family" property to sans-serif should have the desired effect without irking those who have found their font settings. On Chrome in Windows I believe this would switch the font from Times New Roman to Arial.