On 06/04/08 20:32 (GMT-0400) Christian Montoya apparently typed: > http://christianmontoya.com/ > So is it better with or without the letter spacing? I'm going for as > much readability as possible without having to change the color > scheme. Thanks in advance.
Surely you jest. If you want _maximum_ readability, you give visitors their preferred text size, and their preferred font-family, and good line length relative to text size, and _good_ contrast. You've done none of the above, and IMO extra line spacing and character spacing in no way make up for a significant fraction of the shortage. I really don't like white on black. I like #ccc on #222 less. I don't like Verdana either. My choice for as much readability as possible on that page is 'view -> page style -> no style'. 2nd choice is a bit hard to convey, since Verdana doesn't exist on this system, but includes /* */ around line-height: 1.4, letter-spacing: 1px, and font-size: 1.1em in #container #content, and for #container, font-size:.8em, with #container #content max-width set to around 25em-30em, and color: #fff, background: #000. Back to the original question, on my 1792x1344 system with 28px default, the 1px additional letter-spacing is hard to notice. At lower resolution with smaller text, it looks like Goudy and the font designers got it right, and you've messed it up. Might be OK that way for a page for children if the text was big enough. Then again, I'm not looking at Verdana. -- "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them." Ephesians 5:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/auth ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
