Re: Boost Documentation templates: unresponsive text size

From: bill_kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-13 16:06:09

--- In boost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_r...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bill_kempf" <williamkempf_at_h...>
> To: <boost_at_y...>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 3:33 PM
> Subject: [boost] Re: Boost Documentation templates: unresponsive 
text size
> 
> 
> > --- 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, you still misunderstand me; I just want to use the custom 
default
> fixed-width font I've set up in my browser. Please just look at 
the .css I
> posted. It's doing what I want.

OK, you want the browser to select the font (which you override 
globally with browser preferences).  Currently I'm on a project 
that's striving hard to ensure a consistent look and feel in HTML 
applications, so leaving the choice to the browser is not 
acceptable.  However, Boost doesn't have the same strict look and 
feel needs, so I'm open to leaving the choice up to the browser.

Bill Kempf