Hi, Rick - just letting you know that I'm not the original poster - so I'm CCing this on to the list where the original poster can see it ... ;-)
Rick Faircloth wrote: > Hi, David... > > The bottom line here is that your boss is going to have to understand > that paper and browsers are two very different display media. > > Paper is a virtually passive medium, whereas the browser takes content > that is delivered and then has the ability to act on that content to display > it according to its capabilities and the setting imposed upon it by its > user. > In other words, browsers are active display media. And, as you well know, > even browsers vary greatly in how they will display content. > > We will never be able to impose the control over a browser's display that we > can over print display. > > To expect browsers to be totally consistent in their rendering of content is > only a dream of designers these days, and even more so the notion that a > browser will somehow sit passively by while we pour our content into it as > does paper. > Your bosses' demands apparently stem from a fundamental lack of > understanding > of the difference between the two worlds of print and browser media. > > He'll just have to accept the difference or drive himself crazy bashing > himself upon this rock of a fact that will not be moved... > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of david > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 5:49 AM > To: css-d > Subject: Re: [css-d] Differing font-sizes between operating systems > > WEZ! wrote: > >> ohh monospace means each character takes up an equal width so the >> width of the character 'i' will be the same as an 'm' > > And a boss from a print industry background will immediately consider > that unacceptable! > -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED] authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
