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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
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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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