Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:18:08 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> Cc: Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>, freebsd-www@freebsd.org, bsd-unix@comcast.net Subject: Re: Huge fixed-width fonts on web mailing list archive Message-ID: <20051104151808.GB9623@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20051104145455.GI602@gothic.blackend.org> References: <200511030125.jA31PLrJ023110@bright.research.att.com> <20051104103619.GB602@gothic.blackend.org> <20051104124921.01f8d98d@localhost> <20051104135252.GB2362@flame.pc> <20051104142919.GF602@gothic.blackend.org> <20051104143613.GH602@gothic.blackend.org> <20051104144921.GA2928@flame.pc> <20051104145455.GI602@gothic.blackend.org>
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On 2005-11-04 15:54, Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> wrote: >On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 04:49:21PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>> Hmmm I think <tt></tt> should deserve the same treatment :) >> >> Yes. There's no reason why typewriter or preformatted text would >> have a gratuitous size increase. I'm not sure why it was there >> in the first place, but it's ok to remove it > > Maybe it was there to "emphasis" some commands and such. > As example look at http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html#issues We can use <strong> or even colors when emphasis is needed (I'd prefer <strong>, because it also works for people with color-seeing disabilities). It's not necessary to play around with the font size. I'm _extremely_ picky about font size issues. Neither bigger than my preferred size in the browser settings, nor smaller, is a good thing in my opinion. One of the most annoying things on many sites, even sites of important organizations like Princeton University Press[1], is a forced font size of 90% or smaller. When I bump on pages that use such tricks to enforce *THEIR* preference over mine, I tend to hit «back» very fast, cursing the web designer. Similarly when an absurdly big font size is pushed down my throat, despite my carefully chosen browser preferences, that are meant to be comfortable to *ME* and not the Random Joe Designer. That's not something I'd like people to do when they hit our site. So, many thanks for fixing this :) Links: [1] http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/
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