Re: Boost Documentation templates: unresponsive text size

From: bill_kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-13 15:33:27

--- In boost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_r...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bill_kempf" <williamkempf_at_h...>
> 
> > I'm not so sure about using a fixed width font.  That's really 
only
> > useful for code, which the <code> and <pre> blocks should take 
care
> > of.  For actual document text fixed width fonts are actually
> > considered bad practice (usability studies have shown both eye 
strain
> > as well as slower reading times).
> >
> > Why do you want to set a fixed width font for your document?
> 
> I don't, for the main parts of my document. I use a different 
default
> fixed-width font than courier. I prefer my code snippets to show up 
in that
> font.

I was attempting to specify a specific look for the documents when I 
supplied fonts.  Otherwise you actually use the browser's choice for 
font.  If what you want is to specify a specific font that differs 
from either the base CSS or that chosen by the browser then what you 
probably want to do is provide your own CSS style specification that 
inherits the attributes from boost.css and selects a new font.

Bill Kempf