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Posted by Luigi Donatello Asero on 10/24/05 04:35
"Neredbojias" <neredbojias@neredbojias.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:MPG.1dc5cb107ba565a59899b1@news.intergate.com...
> With neither quill nor qualm, Alan J. Flavell quothed:
>
> >
> > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Neredbojias wrote:
> >
> > > Many people gripe about Verdana for obscure reasons,
> >
> > There are people (of which I'm one) who advise against including it in
> > author stylesheets for body text, for reasons which are clearly stated
> > (sbpoley's page on the topic states them well, IMHO). If you disagree
> > with them, you're entirely free to explain why. Murmuring about
> > "obscure reasons" doesn't seem very honest to me.
>
> Poley's main argument is that Verdana is slightly larger than the
> average font at the same size-setting. So big deal. Maybe the author
> wants his/her font to be slightly larger for improved readability,
> which, indeed, the font provides.
>
> Poley implies that authors are apt to specify a smaller css font-size
> setting to compensate for Verdana's largesse over, say, Arial. Gee
> whiz, if that's the only _mistake_ an author makes, he's doing quite
> well on the whole. Anything can be abused by improper usage.
>
> In addition, Poley states that the only common font he knows of which
> doesn't have digits of the same width is "Georgia" (-in refuting a
> reason to use Verdana.) While this may be true, the visible part of a
> thin digit does not always align well with that of a thicker digit and
> Verdana's greater girth helps alleviate this discrepancy.
> >
> > > although I like it.
> >
> > I'm sure Verdana is a fine font for some purposes: feel entirely free
> > to set it as your browser default if you wish, or even to force it via
> > your user stylesheet instead of what the author is proposing.
>
> I'm not suggesting either of those options. I'm just saying that
> Verdana seems a good font to me for some purposes. I like to use it for
> logos and some headings.
>
> > The
> > advice, however, remains: not to propose it for body text in an author
> > stylesheet.
>
> In general, probably not. However, I wouldn't hesitate to use it if the
> document were overwhelmingly textual material, such as a story or manual
> calculated to test one's tedium.
> >
> > best
> >
>
> Same.
>
> --
Did anybody suggest in the past in this NG that it would not be wise to
style the fonts because the configuration can be overriden by users´
browsers?
--
Luigi Donatello Asero
(sono italiano ma vivo in Svezia)
(я итальянец но я живу в Швеции )
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(yo soy italiano mas vivo en Suecia)
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