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Date:      Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:31:45 +0100
From:      "Rene Ladan" <r.c.ladan@gmail.com>
To:        "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Gavin Atkinson <gavin@freebsd.org>, doc-committers@freebsd.org, Chin-San Huang <chinsan@freebsd.org>, Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/share/misc docbook.css
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2008/11/10 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:02:06 +0000, Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 22:37 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>>>On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:25:07 +0100, Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>> The new x-config.html is fine for me.
>>>> For the new install-pre.html, the way <important></important> is
>>>> rendered looks oldish, maybe using the same scheme as for
>>>> <warning></warning> might do the trick.
>>>
>>> The bold red text is kind of `old school' for me too.  I'll wait to see
>>> if there are flames^W^H err, objections about the rest and update the
>>> <important> style too :)
>>
>> FWIW, I like the look of the new style sheet nore than the old one, but
>> do agree with Marc about the new font used on <important> - I assume
>> this is due to the removal of "font-family: arial;" from
>> BLOCKQUOTE.IMPORTANT.
>
> It's the line-height that makes things look funny.  How about something
> that makes Important notes stand out a bit like this version?
>
>  http://people.freebsd.org/~keramida/bsd-css/2008.11.10/install-pre.html
>
> The changes to the `blockquote.IMPORTANT' class are:
>
>  * Remove `color: red', `font-family: arial', `font-weight: bold' and
>    the custom `line-height'.
>
>  * Add a bit of padding to avoid bumping into any <blockquote> borders.
>
>  * Add a red border with a thick left side that highlights the block.
>
> This way the font family is the same as the rest of the text and it
> doesn't look weird if your default sans-serif font is, say, DejaVu
> instead of Arial :)
>
> [ I'm undecided between making .IMPORTANT stand out with a red
> background and this.  A red background seems like something that can
> hurt my eyes if I stare at it for a long time.  This is _different_ that
> the rest of the .NOTE, .EXAMPLE and so on. ]
>
>
The result looks reasonable to me.  I would not use an entirely red background
for the warnings: they scream too much that way.

I wonder if there are any standards on text formatting...

Regards,
Rene
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