From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 12 17:18:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FE6550D for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:18:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-pb0-f51.google.com (mail-pb0-f51.google.com [209.85.160.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6941C1332 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:18:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f51.google.com with SMTP id rr4so1519912pbb.38 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:18:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lw/6CcbxonPg2eoH5sSAG4nnKhKVkcnEXNm4/jJbFy0=; b=J88Dkbulmvza2eKBphbnv/MrrUzA1jl5Boe9JIuXuNRkWlC/8fugBCaUFEr2hGQLdk qww2UR5NPdoqXn/g7RkH8x00xw8DrhioVJP15kU6FMNCx8EoKPy3LZBoi0Wj9fEObBfJ qY0gqN/ry2ysMkTRMFJoN9ThlKiHRdLedN+jY= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-gm-message-state; bh=lw/6CcbxonPg2eoH5sSAG4nnKhKVkcnEXNm4/jJbFy0=; b=FU3i0n4NXCJlJkKF2eNBLHUuAAUEa6+x8Evb8uH6vortwebHWY1Sk27MW5JNWFeKQp v6CcOclBxoEm11TAwctAIp4fe3RLiYUpGxW6OqZtFeucL0w4vRN3epBX3GwCG0jM/J/s n++anBdZc8jp3Hg4tsCgPq/YTHO7r8mtKG4DvmKyb0uiJO0BC0DOdlpk9JEEU1JVIm4P RpqwH3o76uK3uS00h4HXmD21Y/o6xIzJbiDNM4txImC5hGLAWSZRLwG+8rc1ogzdBcPn iWQ0aM2X6D4+nPxLeG7u0g0NwnZzdFb1nTXBJKDJ581IDwFezavVrFd81xbvYv2kLUDb d8QA== X-Received: by 10.66.102.33 with SMTP id fl1mr16708763pab.52.1365787120734; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:18:40 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.66.86.34 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:18:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <44sj2vadas.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <20130412180742.3f2b220a@X220.ovitrap.com> <516820D9.4000204@astart.com> <44sj2vadas.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> From: Eitan Adler Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:18:09 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RFC: Changing the documentation's font style. To: Lowell Gilbert Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm1Iy0Vz7Q2zow7lcryNcJx7+t4qrmNRHwOhTCy+cMYG4FdJ90eOYMWZAFG5dQqzGxnrV/1 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org 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: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:18:41 -0000 On 12 April 2013 13:06, Lowell Gilbert wrot= e: > Patrick Powell writes: > >> I tried an experiment. At smaller font sizes the San Serif fonts were >> easier to read. >> Ummm... and I am definitely an 'Old Timer'. > > Not only is this a bikeshed discussion, it's the equivalent of arguing > what color of papier-m=C3=A2ch=C3=A9 to build the bikeshed out of. > > The FreeBSD style sheet does not and should not specify anything about > the display font. We should not override the reader's choice of font, > any more than we should force a particular font size. The CSS Cascading mechanics prohibit the FreeBSD style sheet from entirely overriding the user's choice. Please see 6.4.1 of the CSS 2.1 specification. IMHO we should specify a font that a) looks nice b) is easy to read. and support issyl0's changes Users that have different preference may override the style sheet. --=20 Eitan Adler