Posted by Neredbojias on 10/24/05 12:46

With neither quill nor qualm, Luigi Donatello Asero quothed:

>
> "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?

The law of averages strongly suggests "Yes." But there's nothing wrong
with setting a font as long as it's done in the spirit of styling and
the page works well with any (normal) font.

--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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