Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:59:00 -0700 From: Derek Wood <ddwood@highdensity.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Changing the documentation's font style. Message-ID: <20130414085900.GA21307@yavin> In-Reply-To: <CAF%2BkLDS-HHpQxRn=FT78bnCc7s=kWfOZ7T7AU0kpPBzfwNYv7w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF%2BkLDS-HHpQxRn=FT78bnCc7s=kWfOZ7T7AU0kpPBzfwNYv7w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:41:46AM +0100, Isabell Long wrote: > Hi all, > > I sent this idea to the #bsddocs IRC channel a few days ago and no-one > there objected, but here you go. I'd like to know your opinions on the > documentation font being changed from serif to sans-serif. This would > only affect the web-based docs, not the ones being prepared for print. > > An example of this is at > http://tau.devrandom.co.uk/issyl0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ , > and a diff of my very simple changes is at > http://tau.devrandom.co.uk/issyl0/docs_font.diff > > In my opinion, it makes a hugely positive difference and modernises > the look of the documentation set. > > Thanks, > > Isabell. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I have no qualms about defaulting to a sans-serif typeface, but the provided diff is also selecting a font (Verdana) and a font size (10pt). Using Chrome I am able to specify a default sans-serif font as well as a default font size, so the only thing your patch does is change my settings to something else. I understand that many people don't set default fonts for whatever reason, but I believe that just setting the "font-family" property to sans-serif should have the desired effect without irking those who have found their font settings. On Chrome in Windows I believe this would switch the font from Times New Roman to Arial.
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