Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:39:10 -0700 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: =?UTF-8?B?R8OhYm9yIEvDtnZlc2TDoW4=?= <gabor@kovesdan.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: <application> appearance in HTML Message-ID: <CAF6rxgmUExZsLcqh8%2B5xkrNArmUDg1nMxgJwBk9YRpPSd151%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53A9DCF7.8040103@kovesdan.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406241029130.86197@wonkity.com> <53A9DCF7.8040103@kovesdan.org>
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On 24 June 2014 13:17, G=C3=A1bor K=C3=B6vesd=C3=A1n <gabor@kovesdan.org> w= rote: > On 2014.06.24. 18:38, Warren Block wrote: >> >> The current CSS makes <application> elements appear in bold text in XHTM= L. >> For example: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browse= rs.html >> >> This repeated use of bold makes for uncomfortable and fatiguing reading. >> >> Allan and I have searched for less severe forms of highlighting. Without >> resorting to color, there are not many options. The best I've seen so f= ar >> is font-variant: small-caps;, but that is quickly annoying also. >> >> My suggestion at this point is to just remove the CSS entry for >> applications. The application names are names, and recognizably distinc= t >> from other words on their own. >> >> Unless there are complaints, I will plan to remove the .application entr= y >> from docbook.css before the end of this week. > > I'd try italic or just remove formatting as you suggested. Italic is good > for emphasis, it is not that disturbing as bold. I'd avoid small caps > because such a use is quite uncommon. I'd eliminate the formatting. There is not much value gained by calling out the name of the application repeatedly. --=20 Eitan Adler
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