Re: [WSG] utf8 character display problem

2009-07-07 Thread Nick Roper
Many thanks Andrew Nick Andrew Cunningham wrote: Richard Ishida's i18n checker is a useful tool for this type of case. Available at http://rishida.net/tools/i18nchecker/index.php Rimantas Liubertas wrote: Here's the issue: We are working on a site that incorporates Russian text. It dis

Re: [WSG] utf8 character display problem

2009-07-07 Thread Andrew Cunningham
Richard Ishida's i18n checker is a useful tool for this type of case. Available at http://rishida.net/tools/i18nchecker/index.php Rimantas Liubertas wrote: Here's the issue: We are working on a site that incorporates Russian text. It displays OK on our development server, but when transfe

Re: [WSG] Accessible websites

2009-07-07 Thread matt andrews
2009/7/8 Dennis Lapcewich : > >>> Dennis Lapcewich wrote: >>> >>> While I agree with your general sentiment, I have to say I find >>> >>> the assertion that all people aged 35-40 or more are "for all >>> >>> intents and purposes [...] web disabled and [...] in immediate >>> >>> need of web accessib

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2009-07-07 Thread Rachel . Booth
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Re: [WSG] utf8 character display problem

2009-07-07 Thread Nick Roper
Hi David, Nice one - I'll give that go too. Cheers, Nick David Dixon wrote: you should also be able to add/edit a .htaccess file on the shared web space and add the following: AddDefaultCharset utf-8 most hosts, even shared hosts should allow this (and it saves adding php headers to every

Re: [WSG] Accessible websites

2009-07-07 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On 7/7/09 04:19, Felix Miata wrote: > To suppose "Frozen" means anything other than frozen undersize would > be a difficult supposition to support, as one need only peruse the web > to see how rare frozen at or larger than default can be found. Thus, > disrespectful (smaller than default) font siz

Re: [WSG] utf8 character display problem

2009-07-07 Thread David Dixon
you should also be able to add/edit a .htaccess file on the shared web space and add the following: AddDefaultCharset utf-8 most hosts, even shared hosts should allow this (and it saves adding php headers to every page) Thanks, David On 7/7/09 18:46, Nick Roper wrote: Hey Rimantas, I add

Re: [WSG] utf8 character display problem

2009-07-07 Thread Nick Roper
Hey Rimantas, I added a line of PHP code as follows: and it works fine now. I also installed Live Headers in FF for future debugging. Many thanks for that. Cheers, Nick Rimantas Liubertas wrote: Here's the issue: We are working on a site that incorporates Russian text. It displays OK on

Re: [WSG] utf8 character display problem

2009-07-07 Thread Nick Roper
Hi Rimantas, Ah, very useful to know, many thanks for that. The problem is that the site is on a shared server, so we may not be able to edit the Apache config file, but maybe I can use PHP to send a header instead? Regards, Nick Rimantas Liubertas wrote: Here's the issue: We are working

Re: [WSG] utf8 character display problem

2009-07-07 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
> Here's the issue: > > We are working on a site that incorporates Russian text. It displays OK on > our development server, but when transferring the files to the live server > we get garbled output. <…> > However, the same file uploaded to the live server displays the last menu > item incorrectly

[WSG] utf8 character display problem

2009-07-07 Thread Nick Roper
Hi All, Not sure if this is the correct group to post this to, so feel free to point me elsewhere. Here's the issue: We are working on a site that incorporates Russian text. It displays OK on our development server, but when transferring the files to the live server we get garbled output.

Re: [WSG] Accessible websites

2009-07-07 Thread Dennis Lapcewich
>> Dennis Lapcewich wrote: >> >>> While I agree with your general sentiment, I have to say I find >> >>> the assertion that all people aged 35-40 or more are "for all >> >>> intents and purposes [...] web disabled and [...] in immediate >> >>> need of web accessibility" questionable, to say the lea

RE: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Mario Theodorou wrote: Try using font-size:0.8em this is a better method for font-size accessibility Which will be too small for me (and many other people) to read comfortably. -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.o

Re: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread designer
Hi Nick, - Original Message - From: "Nick Fitzsimons" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites] Different fonts have different sized letter forms; _of course_ they look different. Look up x-height

RE: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread Mario Theodorou
Try using font-size:0.8em this is a better method for font-size accessibility -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of designer Sent: 07 July 2009 12:20 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessibl

Re: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
2009/7/7 designer : > I've been reading (and trying to learn from) the discussions on > accessibility and particularly font size. I have never had any success at > using ways other than pixels. When I read: > > http://informationarchitects.jp/100e2r/?v=4 > > I agreed with the author that the text s

Re: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread hariharan k
Hi, check the link you will find the soln :) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Safari-Font-Rendering-Scares-Windows-Users-57815.shtml http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html regards, - hariharan k - On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Rimantas Liubertas wrote: > > I've been reading (and t

Re: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
> I've been reading (and trying to learn from) the discussions on > accessibility and particularly font size. I have never had any success at > using ways other than pixels. <…> > So, whilst the idea of text at 100% sounds reasonable, I always get a mixed > bag of results. I feel as a designer(sugg

[WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread designer
I've been reading (and trying to learn from) the discussions on accessibility and particularly font size. I have never had any success at using ways other than pixels. When I read: http://informationarchitects.jp/100e2r/?v=4 I agreed with the author that the text size looked OK (he uses Georgi