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ciaran Location: Brussels, Belgium	Wednesday 12 April 2006 2:57:31 pm A bigger font? Is the font too small? Does anyone else think that it should be normal size (browser default), more like fsfurope.org? Just checking if I'm not the only one.
Marcus Brinkmann Location:	Friday 14 April 2006 11:26:03 pm Re: A bigger font? I agree with that. The default font is very challenging to my eyes. Luckily, scaling in my browser seems to work ok, but I would recommend a more suitable default. I know that some hackers think that "every pixel counts", but if you are looking for something that does not strain the eyes of most people, then standard typographical conventions should be considered. This means on a standard screen something to the effect of a 10-12 pt font, a dozen words per line, these sort of rules. The current font defaults remind me very much of the 3x5 pixel fonts I created with metafont for psnup -4 on my 9 needle printer in the early 90s. In case you wonder: 3x5 pixel are enough to discern every character. But it requires some detective work in some cases (e vs c, eg).
maffulli Location: Milan, Italy	Friday 21 April 2006 5:54:16 pm Re: A bigger font? Have a look around now and see if it is any better. /stef
ciaran Location: Brussels, Belgium	Monday 24 April 2006 6:52:41 pm Re: A bigger font? I don't notice any difference

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ciaran

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Wednesday 12 April 2006 2:57:31 pm

A bigger font?

Is the font too small? Does anyone else think that it should be normal size (browser default), more like fsfurope.org? Just checking if I'm not the only one.

Marcus Brinkmann

Location:

Friday 14 April 2006 11:26:03 pm

Re: A bigger font?

I agree with that. The default font is very challenging to my eyes. Luckily, scaling in my browser seems to work ok, but I would recommend a more suitable default. I know that some hackers think that "every pixel counts", but if you are looking for something that does not strain the eyes of most people, then standard typographical conventions should be considered. This means on a standard screen something to the effect of a 10-12 pt font, a dozen words per line, these sort of rules. The current font defaults remind me very much of the 3x5 pixel fonts I created with metafont for psnup -4 on my 9 needle printer in the early 90s. In case you wonder: 3x5 pixel are enough to discern every character. But it requires some detective work in some cases (e vs c, eg).

maffulli

Location: Milan, Italy

Friday 21 April 2006 5:54:16 pm