Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 23:19:56 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joachim_Str=F6mbergson?= <watchman@ludd.luth.se>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Denial of Service Research Message-ID: <15223.21868.692779.334481@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20010812211137.B4447@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <997626883.340@ihug.co.nz> <3B76A433.92607F71@ludd.luth.se> <15222.45209.647095.444454@guru.mired.org> <20010812211137.B4447@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> types: > On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 11:36:41AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > > Likewise, when I let it pay attention to the authors font choices, > > I'm amazed at how unreadably small much of it is. Fixing that > > generates it's own problems, but they are usually not as bad as > > eyestrain. It all makes me ashamed to admit I ever had anything to > > do with building a web site. > That's likely due to font mismatch. Most websites assume you're using > the Windows-standard font set and either don't bother to set defaults > or don't test them. It all works much better if you install the > windows (truetype) fonts. I'm familiar with that problem, and have them installed. That doesn't fix the problem with pages that used absolute font sizes because they wanted pixel-control over there page or those that used text in images, both figuring that anyone with enough money to own a monitor that does 1600x1200 or better readably has to much money to be interested in their product, or something equally silly. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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