Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread David Laakso
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 5:31 AM, John wrote: > Hi list, > > I had a break from designing websites for 5 years and I am aware that > MANY things have changed since then so I have got a few basic questions > regarding fonts/text display. I suppose it depends on your goal. If it can be said that t

Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread John D
> > I had a break from designing websites for 5 years and I am aware that > MANY things have changed since then so I have got a few basic questions > regarding fonts/text display. > > > I know there's no one-size-fits-all solution but as a good start, could > anyone tell me what the recommen

Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread John
On 23/02/13 20:21, Tom Livingston wrote: > Might as well throw in Meyer reset too: > > http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 23, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Jon Reece wrote: > Thank you all. I'll have a look at the links and ask if I have any doubts. regards John ___

Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread Tom Livingston
Might as well throw in Meyer reset too: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Jon Reece wrote: > Inadvertently replied off-list earlier. Posting again in case someone else > can benefit. Apologies for the dupe John. > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013

Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread Jon Reece
Inadvertently replied off-list earlier. Posting again in case someone else can benefit. Apologies for the dupe John. On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Jon Reece wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 5:31 AM, John wrote: > >> I know there's no one-size-fits-all solution but as a good start, could >>

Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread Koen van der Drift
Sorry for the confusion, IA is http://informationarchitects.net/ - Koen. On Feb 23, 2013, at 9:39, Charles Miller wrote: > > On Feb 23, 2013, at 7:46 AM, Koen van der Drift > wrote: > >> Check out this article: >> http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/20/typographic-design-survey-best-pr

Re: [css-d] multi decimal places in percentages

2013-02-23 Thread Tim Climis
> > Is there a standard saying how many digits a browser is supposed to pay > > attention to? Are they supposed to take them as is? Round them off? > > Truncate them? In my opinion, just meaningless digits! > > From tests I did some years ago, I found that some browsers round up, some > round do

Re: [css-d] multi decimal places in percentages

2013-02-23 Thread David Hucklesby
On 2/22/13 10:52 PM, david wrote: On 02/22/2013 10:02 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Angela French wrote: The properties below are from twitter.bootstrap. How would one even figure out such percentages, let alone a browser supporting them? margin-left: 78.7234042

Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread Charles Miller
On Feb 23, 2013, at 7:46 AM, Koen van der Drift wrote: > Check out this article: > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/20/typographic-design-survey-best-practices-from-the-best-blogs/, > it has a lot of useful info. There are also some good articles on the IA > website on typography. I

Re: [css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread Koen van der Drift
Check out this article: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/20/typographic-design-survey-best-practices-from-the-best-blogs/, it has a lot of useful info. There are also some good articles on the IA website on typography. - Koen. On Feb 23, 2013, at 5:31, John wrote: > Hi list, > > I ha

[css-d] Recommended css font settings

2013-02-23 Thread John
Hi list, I had a break from designing websites for 5 years and I am aware that MANY things have changed since then so I have got a few basic questions regarding fonts/text display. I know there's no one-size-fits-all solution but as a good start, could anyone tell me what the recommended values