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Posted by dorayme on 10/31/05 11:05
I was showing a customer a website (not his) I am reworking. He
was one who made a bit of a fuss over the font-size I used on
/his/ site a while back (he complained, diplomatically, that his
site looked "non-standard" in terms of the size of the text.
Still, after he listened to various speeches and intimidation by
me, he thought he "would like it a bit smaller"! I reduced it -
from the former generally 100% - and he was as happy as a koala
on a newly sprouting gum). Well, I have been working on him a
while and he finally said about this (not his) site: "I must
say, it is easy to read! Comfortable from even a metre away, and
it is all there..." (he meant by the latter, certainly no side
scrolling needed and on the screen we were looking at, no any
scrolling except maybe a footer...)
This idea was something I have been reinforced in from the sound
advice one hears in alt.html. I am saying a couple of things
here: one, maybe many of you should take a bow. And two, it is
sometimes hard to see good quality for its worth when it is
unusual - take a look at sites at random and see how many
actually try to dictate smaller than default...
And now, I am going to seek surgery on this lump in my throat,
have a good cry and maybe a chuck in the corner...
--
dorayme
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