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RE: font sizes for HTML help (was Re: Verdana 8 for HTML Help or WebH... )
Subject:RE: font sizes for HTML help (was Re: Verdana 8 for HTML Help or WebH... ) From:Chuck Martin <CMartin -at- serena -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:28:43 -0700
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Hall [mailto:misterhall -at- prodigy -dot- net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 3:15 PM
> Subject: RE: font sizes for HTML help (was Re: Verdana 8 for HTML Help
> or WebH... )
<snip>
> 10 pt Garamond
> may look fine to
> you on your 17" monitor at 1024x768, but what happens when I
> try to see the
> same thing on my 21" monitor running 1600x1200?
<snip>
If you're video card and driver are set correctly, you should still see
Garamond at 10 points. (Provided, of course, you have the Garamond font on
your system.)
Graphics, however, are a whole 'nother ball o' wax.......
--
"I don't entirely understand it but it is true: Highly skilled carpenters
don't get insulted when told they are not architects, but highly skilled
programmers do get insulted when they are told they are not UI designers."
- anonymous programmer quoted in "GUI Bloopers"
by Jeff Johnson
Chuck Martin, Sr. Technical Writer
cmartin -at- serena -dot- com
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