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Re: [PATCH] gitweb: Do not use absolute font sizes

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JHJan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
Date
May 15, 2007, 15:09 UTC
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<20070515150912.GA3653@efreet.light.src>
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On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 18:06:54 -0700, David Kågedal wrote:
> Unfortunately, the problem is that too many web sites explicitly
> select extra small font sizes, which means that you have to select a
> "standard" font size in your browser that is a bit larger than you'd
> actually like.

IMHO gitweb should explicitely request being somewhat smaller than normal, because it has good use for long lines. Normally I want to set font so large, that more than ~120 characters won't fit on the screen, since otherwise pages that don't use margins are simply unreadable. However gitweb presents a table with several columns, so having wider line is OK for it. Therefore explicit 'font-size: small' would make sense.

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						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
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Message 11 of 16 in “gitweb css - pixels?!”
  1. Chris RiddochMay 7, 2007
  2. Allan WindMay 8, 2007
  3. Chris RiddochMay 8, 2007
  4. Jan HudecMay 8, 2007
  5. gitweb: Do not use absolute font sizesPetr Baudis, May 9, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2007
  7. Petr BaudisMay 9, 2007
  8. Chris RiddochMay 9, 2007
  9. Jakub NarebskiMay 14, 2007
  10. David KågedalMay 15, 2007
  11. Jan HudecMay 15, 2007
  12. Jakub NarebskiMay 15, 2007
  13. gitweb: Change base font size to "small"Jakub Narebski, May 16, 2007
  14. Petr BaudisMay 17, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2007
  16. Jakub NarebskiMay 17, 2007

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