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Re: Screen Resolution Poll
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lugnet.publish
Date: 
Sun, 20 Aug 2000 22:51:58 GMT
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MATTDM@nospamMATTDM.ORG
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> This whole issue is one of the places that HTML has just totally failed on
> in my opinion. It gives font size options to both the writer and the

Yeah, it's a mess -- the original HTML just wasn't meant to specify
presentation. CSS helps a bit.


> It's also probably unwise to specify fonts by name unless you are using some
> ability to fetch them as part of the page. If you do this, please try and make
> sure that a variety systems will make reasonable substitutions.

Agreed. If you must specify font, make sure to also list "serif" or
"sans-serif".


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(...) As another 1600x1200er (with small fonts - I've got good eyesight), I plead with web page developers to consider how their pages look on high resolution screens. Lugnet uses some fonts which come out a bit too small, which puts it in the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)

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