Paul Novitski
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:11:49 -0700
At 3/28/2008 01:14 PM, Àëåêñåé Íîâèêîâ wrote:
Is underline really needed? What for?
Underline is a method for highlighting (emphasizing) Roman text. As far as I know it was invented with the typewriter, being a way to highlight a bit of text using a machine that was limited to a single font family, style, and size. Underlined text in a manuscript is typically typeset in italics. A lot of designers today agree that it's quite ugly and defaces the descenders of the type it highlights, although some type designs use it as a way of getting attention (because it's so ugly) or evoking the historical era of the typewriter. Most aesthetically compassionate people limit its use to hyperlinks where it is the defacto standard; on web pages, any other underlining is discouraged because it makes people expect the underlined text to be hyperlinked.
In case google is blocked from your region, here are a couple of references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underline http://www.flyinglizard.co.nz/typography.php Regards, Paul __________________________ Paul Novitski Juniper Webcraft Ltd.http://juniperwebcraft.com
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