:hover gives a lot more visual control than tooltips, which invariably
come in golf pants yellow. Given that we can use @font-face pretty
freely, given the audience for the site, this seems like an opportunity.
-J
On Jul 31, 2009, at 12:02 PM, James Weiner wrote:
I agree with Joshua on this
keep them monochrome along with the rest of the design. As long as
it is clear what each stands for and is easy to figure out their
meaning via mouseover, either with a :hover pseudo-class or a title
tooltip
James
On 31 Jul 2009, at 17:00, Joshua A.C. Newman wrote:
Nothing else on the site uses colors to distinguish things. It
would make these elements stand out dramatically.
I don't see why tooltips or a mouseover div wouldn't solve this
issue without bulking up the icon.
-J
On Jul 31, 2009, at 5:30 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
So do we have consensus on these icons with the full acronym as
text next to it?
Only query I have remaining is if we keep all 3 as black or have
different colors?
On 31 Jul 2009, 10:26 AM, "Nicolas Spalinger" <nicolas_spalin...@sil.org
> wrote:
Dave Crossland wrote: > Full acronyms as text next to the icon is
good, but again, I think > you're ...
I see your point and you can probably understand where I'm coming
from
on this but licensing clarity is really a major feature of the whole
library.
This might be a small illustration, and we already have full
reports on
the page of the font itself but seeing as clearly as possible what
rights are granted or reserved right there in the list of fonts is
also
needed.
We care about good licensing and about not hiding it to
users/contributors of the site, it's part of what makes this service
stand out compared to existing font portals. Especially as the
webfonts
debate matures and recognizes the value of showing the right
metadata to
users...
There are at least 4 well-known and widely used licenses starting
with G...
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