RE: Text line length - Was: [Seen this lately?]

Buutttt .  . . .

I don't even OWN a dog!

Does anyone know I how I can validate a (ifLesure=Off) (ifOther=On) switch
to use in the font definition tag?

Just kidding. Thanks for your prospective and the clear explanation
Jeniffer. Upon reflection (now that you mention it) I do have to admit some
. . . irritation, when I am busy and start looking for a product or service
and start running across sites full of "flash" and "fluff" that slow down
(noticeably) my ability to get to what I am there for.

I am relieved that font face definitions do not slow down the page very
much, because they can really contribute greatly to the readability of the
information - and before I pause or even insert a period I want to say - IF
they are used intelligently. I would hope that even enterprising young
coders that have not quite figured out that WYSIWYG does not mean WYSIWYG,
realize every computer on earth may not have the font face they define
loaded on it.

Now. Don't get me started on having to use DTD's that allow the use of the
FACE attribute. I would have to contradict practically every word I have
typed today, and that would confuse the hell out of me and you both.

;-)
Fuzzy
<contented realizing he's not the only one that occasionally rows with only
one oar in the water>


At 10:32 AM 1/27/01 -0600, Lead wrote:
>
>>
>>Now I read that the use of Comic Sands not only shows my ineptitude as a
>>developer - but indicates a character flaw.
>>
>>Heck Jeniffer, I'm not mad (I know darned good and well I have a flaw or
>>two!), but I am curious about why/how you formulated your opinion.
>
>I replied privately to Michael's comments, but since you asked, I'll reply 
>to this one publicly (also would like to clear my name a bit if I 
>can...hehe). I should have stated my original reply differently perhaps, 
>but yes, my personal opinion of Comic Sans is that it, IN GENERAL, conveys 
>a sense of the amateur.
>
>Now, most of us are going to run across this font in our "leisure" surfing, 
>not in our work surfing. My personal leisure surfing is generally done on 
>sites related to the subject of dogs. In that realm, in my experience, 
>Comic Sans is found on sites done by amateurs. These are generally sites 
>devoted to the "cute and fluffy" sort of subject, and not devoted to 
>conveying serious educational information. Vanity sites seem most likely to 
>contain or be done entirely in CS. __MY IMPRESSION__ is that most sites 
>done in CS also tend to contain huge graphics, loud annoying backgrounds, 
>and garish use font colors that make my head hurt. It seems to me that all 
>too often when I come to a site and see CS font, my system then bogs down 
>while it tries to download and launch some annoying midi file of some song 
>I don't like anyway. I'm also pretty likely to see a lot of generic and 
>mismatched clipart and animated puppy dog graphics. I generally do not find 
>much useful information in such sites, and have found over the years that 
>the sorts of people (in the dog realm at least) who choose to do sites in 
>CS often have philosophies on dog training, breeding, rearing, behavior, 
>health, etc, that do not match my own. (Not that the opinions of these 
>folks is bad...it's just often a sweeping view of complex issues that they 
>don't fully understand.)
>
>Now, is all the above a gross generalization? Of course! But it is _MY_ 
>experience in the area in which _I_ spend most of my online "free time". It 
>is, for whatever reason, a font that is often latched onto by amateurs 
>feeling their way through Geocities or Netscape Composer. Does that make 
>the font itself bad? No, of course not. Are the people who use it bad? No, 
>of course not. Is it bad or wrong to be an amateur? NO! We all were, once 
>upon a time, and many of us still are in various areas. But is "amateur" 
>the impression you want to make on clients? Yes, this font is very easy to 
>read, and I don't usually mind it when I see it used sparingly. In fact, 
>one of the chat applications I use I keep set to CS because it IS an easy 
>font to read. But like so many other "good" things, too much can be a bad 
>thing.  Whole pages of CS bold about 16 pt I would think would be enough to 
>set anyone's teeth on edge!
>
>Now, my good Captain, I'm sure you know by now what my opinions of you are, 
>and you know that I certainly don't see you as an amateur. My original 
>comments to Freda were made because she made me laugh while I was wading 
>through a week's worth of unread email after a horrendously bad week. I 
>still feel the same way. When I see CS on a site, I EXPECT a certain type 
>of content. I may sometimes be pleasantly surprised, but the fact remains 
>that I expect a poor site when I see the font. Not many fonts bring that 
>kind of reaction from me, and it's certainly one I would want to avoid in 
>MY work.
>
>Happy weekend!
>
>Jeniffer
>OffLead Productions
>
>
>
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