s, life would be too easy :-)
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From: Les Mizzell [mailto:lesm...@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 12:06 AM
To: cf-talk
Subject: Re: Variable Amount of text in a Fixed Size Box
> Client configured fonts are a PAIN in these situations. Plus you have to
> account for HTM
Is there any way that you can have the client enter the teaser text
seperately from the main article body, i.e. 'teaser copy'. This could be
used for page meta description, search results, etc. and will hand
responsibility to the client for ensuring it fits. Hopefully, they'll be so
frustrated tha
> Client configured fonts are a PAIN in these situations. Plus you have to
> account for HTML in your count.
First thing I do to the text is strip all HTML!! The client cuts/pastes
from Word like CRAZY, and we all know what that crap looks like ... I
clean it on the way into the database to sta
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Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 6:28 PM
To: cf-talk
Subject: Re: Variable Amount of text in a Fixed Size Box
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Les Mizzell wrote:
> The graphic designers I work with need to get out of their "print mode"
> when doing layouts!!! ... and the
your css presumably defines default fonts for the text in the box.
check in as many browsers+os which one generates the least number of
chars that fit in the box (and don;t forget to count [click for more]
text you'll be adding!). that's the number of chars you need to work with.
after that downl
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Les Mizzell wrote:
> The graphic designers I work with need to get out of their "print mode"
> when doing layouts!!! ... and they get the darned designs approved by
> the client *before* sending to me and going "see any issues here".
I sympathize. Over the years,
Sean Corfield wrote:
> If you know how many characters will fit in the box (which may be font
> dependent?), then start there and work back to the next space and
> truncate there. That way you'll always have complete words and the
> number of words will vary depending on the total number of charac
If you know how many characters will fit in the box (which may be font
dependent?), then start there and work back to the next space and
truncate there. That way you'll always have complete words and the
number of words will vary depending on the total number of characters.
On Mon, May 31, 2010 a
Right - don't do this. Can only end in tears...
OK, designer has come up with a fixed size box on the index page of a
site that will hold X amount of stuff from a feature story on another
page of the site. Like:
yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda
yadda yad
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