-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/21/07 23:54, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070721 23:35]: >> On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 11:26:54PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: >>> My web site includes links to documents in PDF format. Because of >>> length, the documents are set in a 10-point font, with footnotes in an >>> 8- or 9-point. >>> >>> I am attempting to accommodate visitors with impaired vision, by >>> generating a HTML version of each PDF document, in order to enable a >>> visitor to enlarge the type via the browser. >>> >>> But sometimes a visitor needs to be able to print out hardcopy for >>> reading off-line. I do not know to specify the font size used in the >>> print version of a HTML document. What is the mechanism? Does a >>> browser access a default style sheet for printing? >>> >>> Can someone point me in the right direction? >> Every PDF reader I'm aware of can zoom in. It's not quite as good as >> zooming in on HTML, because the text doesn't reflow, but it works. > > Thanks, Carl. > > Of course, most visitors are running Window$, and I don't know what > software most Window$ users employ for reading PDF. (I'll make a > Google search.)
The Acrobat Reader, of course. What else? > One visitor said that "Adobe 5" has the ability to increase the font Christ on a stick, man. v5 is *ancient*. > size. She said that she had purchased Adobe 5, but that it was rather > expensive. The Acrobat Reader is no-cost, and has been no-cost for *years*. Many, many years. > Again, the issue is with the font size in printed output. You're changing the rules in mid-game. First you say "enlarge the type via the browser", and now you say "font size in printed output". Make up our mind for us. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGoubwS9HxQb37XmcRAnLiAKCU/MqFGt98cnPxEI163p5s8FF/IgCfTkH2 TL4WA4snL9n+yZV9tBmnLpQ= =Uk+M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
