On 24 June 2014 13:17, Gábor Kövesdán <ga...@kovesdan.org> wrote: > On 2014.06.24. 18:38, Warren Block wrote: >> >> The current CSS makes <application> elements appear in bold text in XHTML. >> For example: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html >> >> This repeated use of bold makes for uncomfortable and fatiguing reading. >> >> Allan and I have searched for less severe forms of highlighting. Without >> resorting to color, there are not many options. The best I've seen so far >> is font-variant: small-caps;, but that is quickly annoying also. >> >> My suggestion at this point is to just remove the CSS entry for >> applications. The application names are names, and recognizably distinct >> from other words on their own. >> >> Unless there are complaints, I will plan to remove the .application entry >> from docbook.css before the end of this week. > > I'd try italic or just remove formatting as you suggested. Italic is good > for emphasis, it is not that disturbing as bold. I'd avoid small caps > because such a use is quite uncommon.
I'd eliminate the formatting. There is not much value gained by calling out the name of the application repeatedly. -- Eitan Adler _______________________________________________ freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
