From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200311200356.hAK3uQ213574@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: 7.4 official docs : Fonts?
In-Reply-To: <76780631-1B05-11D8-A825-0005029FC1A7@myrealbox.com>
To: Michael Glaesemann <grzm@myrealbox.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:56:26 -0500 (EST)
Cc: josh@agliodbs.com, elein <elein@varlena.com>,
	pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
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Michael Glaesemann wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, November 20, 2003, at 05:10 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > Can we experiment with different SGML-to-HMTL font styles to find one 
> > that's a
> > little easier on the eyes?   What I find particularly difficult are the
> > function parameter columns; the mix of "normal" italics with "bold" 
> > italics.
> >
> > Comments?  Responses?
> 
> As Peter has pointed out, the CSS can handle a lot of it. It doesn't 
> have to be hardcoded into the SGML-to-HTML transformation. One option 
> would be to use colors as well (I'm not talking a rainbow of fruit 
> flavors here :). In particular, I find italics often difficult to read 
> on the web. I'll try to get a few styles worked up by tomorrow that 

I think it is the monospace italics that really look bad.

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