Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Tom Livingston wrote: > > I was doing this simple test with google fonts (via @import method). > > body{ > font-family: $roboto; > } > > .bold{ > font-weight: 500; > } > > Hi there bolded text > I'm bold > > The strong tag above was rendering wrong in FF

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > 2014-03-27 18:34, Tom Livingston wrote: > > I was doing this simple test with google fonts (via @import method). >> >> body{ >> font-family: $roboto; >> } >> >> .bold{ >> font-weight: 500; >> } >> > > I suppose you are using som

Re: [css-d] floating thumbnails

2014-03-27 Thread David Hucklesby
On 3/27/14, 9:25 AM, Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh wrote: Thank you. I tried all of the above (hadn't noticed there was inline CSS in the h3, so I zapped that no matter what). display:inline-block and vertical-align:top didn't do much in Chrome on Mint linux. the min-height: 3em for p.robonav (Tom

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Eric wrote: > Yes, I realize that. I was just checking to see if a different CSS approach > might be used. > > > On March 27, 2014 at 2:53 PM Philip Taylor wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Eric wrote: > > > > > You're not using the strong tag for styling are you? > > >

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Eric
This (small font families...few included weights) and the fact that the bulk of the Yahoo Fonts are not the highest quality is the reason I moved to Typekit. Personally I'll do anything to avoid a UA's faux bold and italic rendering. If you need to use Google Fonts there are a couple of good artic

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Eric
Yes, I realize that. I was just checking to see if a different CSS approach might be used. > On March 27, 2014 at 2:53 PM Philip Taylor wrote: > > > > > Eric wrote: > > > You're not using the strong tag for styling are you? > > I very much suspect that the browser neither knows nor cares > why an

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread David Hucklesby
On 3/27/14, 9:34 AM, Tom Livingston wrote: I was doing this simple test with google fonts (via @import method). body{ font-family: $roboto; } .bold{ font-weight: 500; } Hi there bolded text I'm bold The strong tag above was rendering wrong in FF and Chrome. FF was 'double-bolding' t

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Philip Taylor
Eric wrote: You're not using the strong tag for styling are you? I very much suspect that the browser neither knows nor cares why any particular tag has been used, Eric; it almost certainly renders the tagged element identically, regardless of the motivation for the tag's use. Philip Taylor

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
2014-03-27 18:34, Tom Livingston wrote: I was doing this simple test with google fonts (via @import method). body{ font-family: $roboto; } .bold{ font-weight: 500; } I suppose you are using some special tools that convert that $roboto to a real name. But how do you refer to the fo

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Eric
Tom, You're not using the strong tag for styling are you? > On March 27, 2014 at 12:34 PM Tom Livingston wrote: > > > I was doing this simple test with google fonts (via @import method). > > body{ > font-family: $roboto; > } > > .bold{ > font-weight: 500; > } > > Hi there bolded text > I'm bold

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Tom Livingston
> > Thanks Isabel. All i can say is I'm glad it isn't a case of me just being > tick-headed. It's not just me. > > > Er, I mean thick-headed. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ___

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Isabel Santos wrote: > Hi Tom, > > font-weight:500 means semi-bold, default for is bold, so I gess > you need to add that extra rule > strong { > font-weight: 500; > } > you can take a look at: > > http://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/font-weight-in-the-age-of-web

Re: [css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Isabel Santos
Hi Tom, font-weight:500 means semi-bold, default for is bold, so I gess you need to add that extra rule strong { font-weight: 500; } you can take a look at: http://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/font-weight-in-the-age-of-web-fonts/ and http://css-tricks.com/watch-your-font-weight/ hope it helps

[css-d] Google font use

2014-03-27 Thread Tom Livingston
I was doing this simple test with google fonts (via @import method). body{ font-family: $roboto; } .bold{ font-weight: 500; } Hi there bolded text I'm bold The strong tag above was rendering wrong in FF and Chrome. FF was 'double-bolding' the text, and Chrome showed odd char spacing. A

Re: [css-d] floating thumbnails

2014-03-27 Thread David Hucklesby
On 3/27/14, 7:19 AM, Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh wrote: The following link displays an HTML fragment taken from a (home-brewed) content management system, stripped down to the relevant block area only: ...stuff... The HTML: http://fliesfliesflies.com/fragments/Gallery/ttest.html [...] In this

Re: [css-d] floating thumbnails

2014-03-27 Thread Tom Livingston
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh < sandy.pittendr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In this "Gallery" page I'd like all thumbnails to float left around the > main display image without making odd, unpredictable white space areas on > the next line after a thumbnail runs off the r

[css-d] floating thumbnails

2014-03-27 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
The following link displays an HTML fragment taken from a (home-brewed) content management system, stripped down to the relevant block area only: ...stuff... The HTML: http://fliesfliesflies.com/fragments/Gallery/ttest.html The (stripped down) CSS: http://fliesfliesflies.com/css/rrobo.css In t