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Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) Web Page Design (was: High Noon)
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 15:56:23 +0100
I have a feeling, Brian, that your time would be better spent making  
your pages readable for those who do not set 16pt as the minimum size  
for their browsing.  I have a feeling that CS is disappointed a lot of  
the time ...

Chris

On 24 May 2009, at 13:24, Brian Swale wrote:

>
> What CS provided me (the images) with is the result of pressing the  
> key on
> the upper keyboard row <Print Screen>, and pasting it into blank  
> page with
> (eg) Irfanview. I know it well; I use it all the time.
>
> The only way I can see to solve this is to make the text into one  
> large JPEG
> and insert it into my page exactly where I want it.  Changing  
> browser font
> preferences then will have absolutely no effect, but the Opera.  
> method of
> magnifying EVERYTHING will at least keep the text in proportion to
> everything else.
>
> I have read books ( a few years ago now, and there are bound to be  
> more
> recent editions and major new developments), about Style Sheets  
> (CSS). I
> have looked closely at the code used by many authors, and I just  
> don't see
> how it works. Yes, I can see a pattern, but then my patience runs  
> out. When
> I did manage to get the early versions of CSS to run it was a rare  
> thing.
>
> It's difficult enough to cope with the aberrations of MSIE without  
> having to
> imagine what font changes will be made by users, and expect them to  
> leave
> the page layout not ruined.
>
> I might just try a page or two with the text converted into an  
> image. After all,
> that would be little different for the viewer from looking at a pdf  
> file.
>
> Perhaps I'll do it for CS when he returns in 4 days.
>
> Cheers, a (frustrated) Brian @ http://www.brianswale.com/
> -- 

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