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From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
To: Isabell Long <issyl0@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: Changing the documentation's font style.
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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