Right-- the old site used font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif
I'd think that getting a custom font download from google (ie, the fonts.googleapis.com line) is more likely to cause problems than relying on a CSS fallback mechanisms. I made that modification in http://trafficserver.staging.apache.org/ (+modified the download button). Reactions? miles >________________________________ > From: zoe slattery <aparac...@gmail.com> >To: dev@trafficserver.apache.org >Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 4:02 AM >Subject: Re: Fonts on "new" site > > >> Why do we need to download special fonts? The original site didn't. I'm >> guessing that to get back to the original, we'd just remove that >> fonts.googleapis.com line, and perhaps add a >> body{font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} >> to the style section. >There is no _need_ for any particular font. I read a lot about fonts [1] >[2], discussed it with Igor and came to view that there was no such >thing as a best font, it's a matter of aesthetics and what you have at >the moment is what I (and I think Igor) found to be a pleasing >combination. It can be changed exactly as you suggest, as far as I >remember the original site used the sans serif combination throughout. > >I have just spent some time looking at the site with various browsers on >Linux. My perception is that the text is very slightly less clear, but I >don't think I would have noticed it, it's possible that I am not seeing >the same problem as others have reported. > >Zoë > > >[1]http://alexpoole.info/which-are-more-legible-serif-or-sans-serif-typefaces >[2]http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/11/04/best-practices-of-combining-typefaces/ > >> >> miles >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: zoe slattery<aparac...@gmail.com> >>> To: dev@trafficserver.apache.org >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 1:25 PM >>> Subject: Re: Fonts on "new" site >>> >>> Hi >>>> well on all three "common" platforms? Windows, Mac and Linux? I know >>>> the >>>> site used to look ok on Linux, so it must be possible :). [Fwiw, the >>>> font on my Linux looks tiny, are very blurry, and generally just >>>> doesn't >>>> look good]. >>> The font selection is like this: >>> >>> font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, serif; for the serif fonts, and: >>> "M+2pheavy","Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; for sans-serif. >>> >>> The Droid comes from<link >>> href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif:regular,italic,bold"; >>> rel="stylesheet"> in index.html (or should anyway) and looking at Igor's >>> sample below that's the one that looks worst. Hmm - maybe not working as I >>> thought. >>> >>> I admit that I tested on FF (Mac), IE(7,8,9), Android and probably iPhone >>> but did not look at Opera on Linux. Happily I installed Ubuntu on something >>> earlier this week so now I can. >>> >>>> I think it looks fairly well on my ubuntu, but I have installed >>>> ALL THE FONTS. >>>> >>>> ttf-mscorefonts-installer<< This one, among others. >>>> Here's how it looks for me (in Opera): >>>> >>>> http://blag.esotericsystems.at/igor/sees/ats-on-linux >>> Well - might be my eyes or half a bottle of wine but that looks blurry to >>> me :-/ I will look at it over Christmas sometime - I know there are other >>> things to fix on the downloads pages and with the headers. Can't see why >>> Opera/Linux would be bad though... >>> >>> Z >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> -- Leif >>>> i >>>> >>>> >>> >>> > > > >
