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Andrei Herasimchuk wrote:

> But when you look at DxF, you have to notice every single little  
> detail about these three things because one little change rips the  
> entire effect apart. Where I use all caps, where I don't. What the  
> leading value is of my body copy. Where I use color and and where I  
> don't. What spacing I use before and after paragraphs. How many  
> characters are used per line.  Even the little Bodoni ornaments I use  
> to end articles or split the title from the date. (One is a rightside  
> up, the other upside down, a nod to indicate start and end.)

With the greatest of respest Andrei because it does look lovely, you are
designing for the web so you cannot control how people see your lovely
web page. For example I find the contrast between pale gray and yellow
is too low for me to read comfortably so I up the font size twice which
  makes the font much denser and throws your page into wide horizontal
scroll. The footer depth then becomes a major issue because I can only
see about 12 lines of text in my browser.

I'm not complaining. Your layout and design means that my particular
viewing preferences are very gracefully accommodated when compared to
the vast majority of websites. But the key thing about the web is that
it is not a printed brochure. You can't get too precious about
typography when your readers can change it without your control.

Lucy
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