Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4339632716 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:46:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 73081-08 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:46:26 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com (host-215.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.215]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C539632395 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:46:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B5C4348012; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:46:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at commandprompt.com Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spinlock.commandprompt.com.commandprompt.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1PMdjHUxnysO; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:46:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.132] (unknown [75.142.155.118]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BDE1F348011; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:46:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [DOCS] Doc fixes and improvements From: "Joshua D. Drake" Reply-To: jd@commandprompt.com To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Thom Brown , Magnus Hagander , Tom Lane , PostgreSQL www In-Reply-To: <201009102042.o8AKgoh15182@momjian.us> References: <201009102042.o8AKgoh15182@momjian.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:46:12 -0700 Message-ID: <1284151572.5188.40.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201009/38 X-Sequence-Number: 19125 On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 16:42 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Thom Brown wrote: > > Yes, according to these, the proportional font defaults to 16px: > > http://nst.sourceforge.net/nst/docs/tech/ch02s04.html > > http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080211131203AA6CErK > > OK, so why are we not just setting the fixed-width font to be the same > size as the proportional? We are mixing the two types in the same > paragraph, so why not just set them the same? Using the javascript I > sent, you can probe for the preference settings. Generally monospace is kept smaller than proportional (if it is larger, that is wrong). Mono is easy to read all the way down to 8pt (not that I am recommending that). Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt