[boost] Re: Web typography

From: Daniel Frey (d.frey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-14 18:02:40

David Abrahams wrote:
> 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
> 
> and see how it compares with Rene's page at
> 
>   http://redshift-software.com/~grafik/boost/index.htm
> 
> on your sundry browsers.  I don't have an idea of which one is better,
> but we should at least get the benefit of that research.

The first page (Aritma) uses the font size *I* specified, while the 
second page seems to use a smaller font. Obviously, I think the first is 
preferable. (Firefox 1.0, screen size 1600x1200)

Regards, Daniel