X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FDB8D1B431 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 08:33:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 96908-06 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 04:33:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from smtp.covadmail.net (mx05.covadmail.net [63.65.120.65]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DCDC0D1B498 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 04:33:20 -0400 (AST) Received: (covad.net 23295 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2003 08:33:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.134?) (hotzoco@Covad.net@68.164.128.110) by sun-qmail03 with SMTP; 28 Nov 2003 08:33:16 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: hotzoco@Covad.net@pop3.covad.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <078986B0-1B18-11D8-A825-0005029FC1A7@myrealbox.com> References: <078986B0-1B18-11D8-A825-0005029FC1A7@myrealbox.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 00:33:16 -0800 To: Michael Glaesemann , pgsql-www@postgresql.org, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org From: "Henry B. Hotz" Subject: Re: [DOCS] 7.4 official docs : Fonts? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/413 X-Sequence-Number: 3060 At 2:11 PM +0900 11/20/03, Michael Glaesemann wrote: >On Thursday, November 20, 2003, at 12:56 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >>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. > >I'd have to agree with you. Making them a color other than the text >(black) or the links (blue/purple depending on your eyes) would set >them off quite well. Serif fonts at small sizes can also be pretty >nasty, though this isn't an issue with the PostgreSQL docs. Color works well on-screen with html. Small-point-size italics are hard to read on-screen, agreed. Italics work well on B&W printout with PDF. (In general. I'm not looking at the specific example.) Can you map things somehow to get the best of both worlds? -- The opinions expressed in this message are mine, not those of Caltech, JPL, NASA, or the US Government. Henry.B.Hotz@jpl.nasa.gov, or hbhotz@oxy.edu