Can someone help me out on this one. I have a website which was developed on a Mac. When viewing certain text in "verdana" on the Mac all looks great, but on the PC the text is very fine and thin on all browsers. Other text with bold and larger size seems to present the same on both PC and Mac. Is there a simple way I can improve the browsers text representation on the PC. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On Dec 2, 2010, at 4:50 PM, MDM wrote:> Can someone help me out on this one. I have a website which was > developed on a Mac. When viewing certain text in "verdana" on the Mac > all looks great, but on the PC the text is very fine and thin on all > browsers. Other text with bold and larger size seems to present the > same on both PC and Mac. Is there a simple way I can improve the > browsers text representation on the PC. >Other than ''get a Mac?'' Can you post a link that shows the problem? Do you know how the font size is specified in the code? Walter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Don Mapp wrote in post #965814:> Can someone help me out on this one. I have a website which was > developed on a Mac. When viewing certain text in "verdana" on the Mac > all looks great, but on the PC the text is very fine and thin on all > browsers. Other text with bold and larger size seems to present the > same on both PC and Mac. Is there a simple way I can improve the > browsers text representation on the PC.This has nothing to do with Rails, and should be taken to a CSS or HTML forum. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Thanks Marmen I will do that. On Dec 2, 10:13 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Don Mapp wrote in post #965814: > > > Can someone help me out on this one. I have a website which was > > developed on a Mac. When viewing certain text in "verdana" on the Mac > > all looks great, but on the PC the text is very fine and thin on all > > browsers. Other text with bold and larger size seems to present the > > same on both PC and Mac. Is there a simple way I can improve the > > browsers text representation on the PC. > > This has nothing to do with Rails, and should be taken to a CSS or HTML > forum. > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > mar...-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
I thought that you might like to read an answer that I received from a
certain pyfunk It might help others:-
Rendering always depends on system. Like on windows, if the user has
setup clear type fonts, he will be having a much better experience.
Some useful information
that may help take decision on improving font families for different
systems
* Common fonts on all systems
* Some good information on various fonts that work on different
systems and are best rendered at certain sizes.
-
codestyle.org determined best fonts via survey.
See that verdana comes out lower in both case.
For Windows:
Tahoma – 99.81%
Microsoft Sans Serif – 99.71%
Courier New – 99.66%
Verdana – 99.66%
Times New Roman – 99.37%
Arial – 99.32%
Trebuchet MS – 99.27%
Comic Sans MS – 99.13%
Lucida Console – 99.13%
Georgia – 98.94%
Impact – 98.89%
Lucida Sans Unicode – 98.65%
Palatino Linotype – 98.65%
Arial Black – 98.55%
Franklin Gothic Medium 97.96%
For Mac:
Helvetica – 100%
Lucida Grande – 100%
Geneva – 99.43%
Monaco – 99.43%
Courier – 98.85%
Times – 97.70%
Arial – 97.41%
Verdana – 97.41%
Georgia – 95.11%
Helvetica Neue – 95.11%
Trebuchet MS – 94.54%
Times New Roman – 94.25%
On Dec 3, 10:21 am, MDM <don.m...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> Thanks Marmen I will do that.
>
> On Dec 2, 10:13 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Don Mapp wrote in post #965814:
>
> > > Can someone help me out on this one. I have a website which was
> > > developed on a Mac. When viewing certain text in
"verdana" on the Mac
> > > all looks great, but on the PC the text is very fine and thin on
all
> > > browsers. Other text with bold and larger size seems to present
the
> > > same on both PC and Mac. Is there a simple way I can improve the
> > > browsers text representation on the PC.
>
> > This has nothing to do with Rails, and should be taken to a CSS or
HTML
> > forum.
>
> > Best,
> > --
> > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org
> > mar...-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org
>
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Ruby on Rails: Talk" group.
To post to this group, send email to
rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.