Re: [racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-21 Thread Robby Findler 
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Matthew Butterick  wrote:
>
> On Nov 21, 2017, at 3:32 AM, Robby Findler 
> wrote:
>
> That may have been done that way to make the docs.racket-lang.org page look
> better (to draw your eye to the right manual).
>
>
> I figured.
>
> But hard-coding formatting inside `title` is a blunt instrument. It's not
> restricted to the TOC, but instead manifests globally. And, because it's
> implemented with "font-weight: bold" and not a CSS class, it's difficult to
> manipulate from outside (unless you employ the Hendershott Method)
>
> Forbidding `title` formatting entirely is not the answer. For instance, "How
> to Design Programs Teachpacks" should rightly have non-negotiable italics;
> "raco: Racket Command-Line Tools" should have non-negotiable code formatting
> for `raco`. In those cases, formatting is intrinsic to the meaning.
>
> But bold has no semantic purpose — it's just an emphasizer. And there are
> better ways to emphasize things in the TOC (e.g., page position, whitespace)

Absolutely. Feel free to change it.

Robby

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Re: [racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-21 Thread Greg Hendershott 
> restricted to the TOC, but instead manifests globally. And, because it's
> implemented with "font-weight: bold" and not a CSS class, it's difficult to
> manipulate from outside (unless you employ the Hendershott Method)

I object to using that name for such a weak hack.

The full Hendershott Method also involves overriding !important with
!!important as well as parsing HTML using regular expressions.

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Re: [racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-21 Thread Matthew Butterick 

> On Nov 21, 2017, at 3:32 AM, Robby Findler  
> wrote:
> 
> That may have been done that way to make the docs.racket-lang.org 
>  page look better (to draw your eye to the 
> right manual).

I figured. 

But hard-coding formatting inside `title` is a blunt instrument. It's not 
restricted to the TOC, but instead manifests globally. And, because it's 
implemented with "font-weight: bold" and not a CSS class, it's difficult to 
manipulate from outside (unless you employ the Hendershott Method)

Forbidding `title` formatting entirely is not the answer. For instance, "How to 
Design Programs Teachpacks" should rightly have non-negotiable italics; "raco: 
Racket Command-Line Tools" should have non-negotiable code formatting for 
`raco`. In those cases, formatting is intrinsic to the meaning.

But bold has no semantic purpose — it's just an emphasizer. And there are 
better ways to emphasize things in the TOC (e.g., page position, whitespace)

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Re: [racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-21 Thread Robby Findler 
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:25 PM Matthew Butterick  wrote:

>
> On Nov 20, 2017, at 6:10 PM, Greg Hendershott 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> The following example hack _seems_ to clear the "impervious" hurdle?
>
>  a.Sq span { font-weight: normal !important}
>
> I'm not a CSS guru. This barely clears the "it works" hurdle.
> That is, I don't know if the "Sq" class is reliable as a parent
> selector. Also this doesn't bold the other link (but at least now
> they're equally non-bold).
>
>
>
> I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by CSS, starving
> hysterical naked ...
>
>
> (PS I think the solution is just to forbid `bold` inside a `title` [1]
> because it confounds two issues best left separate)
>
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/racket/racket/blob/master/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/guide/guide.scrbl#L4
>

That may have been done that way to make the docs.racket-lang.org page look
better (to draw your eye to the right manual).

Robby


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Re: [racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-20 Thread Matthew Butterick 

> On Nov 20, 2017, at 6:10 PM, Greg Hendershott  
> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> The following example hack _seems_ to clear the "impervious" hurdle?
>> 
>>  a.Sq span { font-weight: normal !important}
>> 
>> I'm not a CSS guru. This barely clears the "it works" hurdle.
>> That is, I don't know if the "Sq" class is reliable as a parent
>> selector. Also this doesn't bold the other link (but at least now
>> they're equally non-bold).


I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by CSS, starving hysterical 
naked ...


(PS I think the solution is just to forbid `bold` inside a `title` [1] because 
it confounds two issues best left separate)


[1] 
https://github.com/racket/racket/blob/master/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/guide/guide.scrbl#L4
 


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Re: [racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-20 Thread Greg Hendershott 
p.s. I meant to add: I love your original redesign and this makes it
even better.

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 9:09 PM, Greg Hendershott
 wrote:
>>> It looks very nice, but as a side effect slightly exacerbates a
>>> long-standing ergonomic issue with cross-links in the side-notes:
>
> Like Daniel mentioned, I click the bold one by mistake. A lot.
>
>> I agree, but in that case the bold styling is attached to "The Racket
>> Reference" within the HTML markup, so AFAICT it is impervious to any CSS
>> override.
>
> The following example hack _seems_ to clear the "impervious" hurdle?
>
>   a.Sq span { font-weight: normal !important}
>
> I'm not a CSS guru. This barely clears the "it works" hurdle.
> That is, I don't know if the "Sq" class is reliable as a parent
> selector. Also this doesn't bold the other link (but at least now
> they're equally non-bold).

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Re: [racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-20 Thread Greg Hendershott 
>> It looks very nice, but as a side effect slightly exacerbates a
>> long-standing ergonomic issue with cross-links in the side-notes:

Like Daniel mentioned, I click the bold one by mistake. A lot.

> I agree, but in that case the bold styling is attached to "The Racket
> Reference" within the HTML markup, so AFAICT it is impervious to any CSS
> override.

The following example hack _seems_ to clear the "impervious" hurdle?

  a.Sq span { font-weight: normal !important}

I'm not a CSS guru. This barely clears the "it works" hurdle.
That is, I don't know if the "Sq" class is reliable as a parent
selector. Also this doesn't bold the other link (but at least now
they're equally non-bold).

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Re: [racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-20 Thread Matthew Butterick 
On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 7:59:40 AM UTC-8, Jens Axel Søgaard wrote:
>
> IPad Pro small landscape chrome. 
>

Thanks, the iOS display problem is now fixed. 



On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 11:10:41 AM UTC-8, Daniel Prager wrote:
>
> Hi Matthew
>
> It looks very nice, but as a side effect slightly exacerbates a 
> long-standing ergonomic issue with cross-links in the side-notes:
>


I agree, but in that case the bold styling is attached to "The Racket 
Reference" within the HTML markup, so AFAICT it is impervious to any CSS 
override.

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Re: [racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-20 Thread Daniel Prager 
Hi Matthew

It looks very nice, but as a side effect slightly exacerbates a
long-standing ergonomic issue with cross-links in the side-notes:

docs.racket-lang.org:

revision:

In almost every case the user will want to click on the unbolded specific
link *(Pattern Matching*), but the bolding entices the user to click on the
generic link (*The Racket Reference*).
​
Suggestion: remove and de-emphasise the distracting hyperlink ...

Pattern Matching
 in *The
Racket *
*Reference* provides more on
pattern matching.


Dan

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Re: [racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-20 Thread Jay McCarthy 
It all looks beautimous to me!

On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Matthew Butterick  wrote:
> http://mbutterick.github.io/racket-doc-redo/doc/
>
> This link demos some small typographic updates to the docs:
>
> + new title font (that matches the one used on other Racket websites)
> + new monospaced font (that matches the subhead font)
> + some technical tweaks to the body font to make Windows rendering better
> + 20% smaller font download
>
> If something looks wrong, I welcome bug reports. But here's the kind of bug
> report most likely to move me to action: email me* a screen shot of the
> problem page, and also a comparable page on docs.racket-lang.org so I
> understand how they both look on YOUR machine.
>
> In the past, people have liked to send me novelistic reports like "well MB,
> if you look at the docs on a Google Antitrustbook Mini running Debian
> Ultraluxe 2014 with the Squealing MocoLoco browser ..." At which point I
> slide out of my chair, unconscious. All I need are the screenshots. Really.
> Thank you.
>
> PS Or make a GH issue
>
> https://github.com/mbutterick/racket-doc-redo/issues
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[racket-users] minor proposed update to docs typography

2017-11-19 Thread Matthew Butterick 
http://mbutterick.github.io/racket-doc-redo/doc/ 


This link demos some small typographic updates to the docs:

+ new title font (that matches the one used on other Racket websites)
+ new monospaced font (that matches the subhead font)
+ some technical tweaks to the body font to make Windows rendering better
+ 20% smaller font download 

If something looks wrong, I welcome bug reports. But here's the kind of bug 
report most likely to move me to action: email me* a screen shot of the problem 
page, and also a comparable page on docs.racket-lang.org so I understand how 
they both look on YOUR machine. 

In the past, people have liked to send me novelistic reports like "well MB, if 
you look at the docs on a Google Antitrustbook Mini running Debian Ultraluxe 
2014 with the Squealing MocoLoco browser ..." At which point I slide out of my 
chair, unconscious. All I need are the screenshots. Really. Thank you.

PS Or make a GH issue

https://github.com/mbutterick/racket-doc-redo/issues 


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