From: | Emily Boyd <emily(at)tinysofa(dot)org> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL WWW Mailing List <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Colours & sizes |
Date: | 2005-01-17 18:06:05 |
Message-ID: | 41EBFE8D.6050306@tinysofa.org |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>>[snip]
>>I can't speak for the sites that *you* visit, but we're using a default
>>font size that's a web standard - Microsoft, IBM, and many others use
>>*exactly* the same font.
>
> That helps me greatly. I did a side-by-side comparison of fonts from
> the three sites:
>
> http://candle.pha.pa.us/tmp/web.jpg
>
> The page on the left is PostgreSQL, the middle is IBM, the right is
> Microsoft.
I also did a side-by-side comparison (and threw in a couple of extras):
http://postgresql.tinysofa.com/files/body_text_comparison.png
I compared body text to body text to body text.
Unlike your comparison, which was body text to navigation text to
navigation text - not exactly a useful comparison.
> You are right the fonts seem to be the same size. The 'o' is the same
> size on all of them as far as I can tell. However, those comparisons
> are for the font itself. The difference is that the non-PostgreSQL
> sites seem to have more space between letters, and certainly more space
> between the lines.
There's no difference. Space between letters is identical. Space between
lines is identical between PostgreSQL and IBM (slightly larger for
Microsoft).
> They are using that small font for bullet lists and menus, while we are
> using that font for paragraph text, and a even smaller font for the
> News/Events section.
Incorrect. As you'll see in my comparison, all three sites (and many
others) are using that so-called "small font" for body text.
Incidentally, IBM uses the exact same "smaller font" as PostgreSQL to
link to their news items.
Emily
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