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Posted by Adrienne Boswell on 01/11/08 07:12
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Travis Newbury
<TravisNewbury@hotmail.com> writing in news:09dfcbde-873e-4803-9a98-
55cf112ffa55@j78g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:
> On Jan 7, 11:11 am, Adrienne Boswell <arb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I inherited a website from my boss, who has Palantino on her
computer.
>> I don't have Palantino on my computer at work, or my computer at
home.
>> My default font is Comic Sans, so when I started working on the site,
I
>> saw the headings appeared Comic Sans, and that is how I wrote the
>> headings in the new stylesheet {font-family: "Comic Sans", arial,
>> helvetica, sans-serif}.
>
> I read this and can only think that this is something that could have
> EASILY been avoided.
>
> You knew you had a default font of comic sans. When the heading
> appeared in comic sans that should have triggered something in your
> head that said "hmmm... how interesting they choose the same font for
> the heading that I had as my default. And what a weird choice for a
> company font."
>
> At that point you should have confronted her and asked about the
> fonts. You committed one of the biggest sins of developers. You
> assumed something.
>
> Oh, this is not a slam at you at all. It is just an observation. And
> even I have made wrong assumptions once or twice (this week)
>
Normally, I would agree with you. However, The Character and Ethics
Project is a local organization that works with the Glendale School
District - one of their biggest fund raisers is the annual calendar, and
the images for the calendar are drawn by local Glendale school children
- all in grades K through 6. So, Comic Sans would have been
appropriate, if not preferred.
[http://ethicsproject.org/beta/respect.php] is one of the words of the
month (calendar has dummy values right now).
Now, if it were ABC Widget Corporation, I would have wondered, and
asked, if not suggested a more "mature" font.
--
Adrienne Boswell at Home
Arbpen Web Site Design Services
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
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