[boost] Re: Web typography

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-14 17:47:43

Rob Stewart wrote:
> From: David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
>> 
>> While Rene was wrangling fonts I forgot that I went through this whole
>> process with Bill Venners of Artima.  We ended up with a very different
>> answer, because Bill abhors the idea of specifying a font size; he wants
>> to respect peoples' preferences.  I would appreciate it if everybody
>> would check out:
>> 
>>   http://www.artima.com/cppsource/metafunctions.html
> 
> I looked at the HTML and CSS source.  He specifies font sizes all
> over the place.  Some are percentages of normal; some are so many
> ems.  That doesn't fit with what you're saying.  Did he
> ultimately give up?

As Rene said, no.  In fact we worked damned hard to make it that good.

But what is your overall impression of the page?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com