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Started by tiwag, December 13, 2005, 11:53:27 AM

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tiwag

December 13, 2005, 11:53:27 AM
is it only me or do others also have problems with reading this Teletype font ?
it is very handy to have a fixed font and not being forced to use the
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codeformat, but for me it is toooo small compared to the rest of the used fonts here.

would it be possible to change the teletype to the same font and size as the "code" font ?
thanks

Der Meister

#1
December 13, 2005, 11:56:30 AM
I don't see any problems. The font is as large as the font for normal text. Maybe it's a problem of your browser/system? I'm using Opera 8.51 on Linux.
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tiwag

#2
December 13, 2005, 12:06:23 PM
obviously it is a problem with my browser then,

here is how it looks on my Maxthon 1.5.0 (Unicode) on WinXP

[attachment deleted by admin]

thomas

#3
December 13, 2005, 12:12:14 PM Last Edit: December 13, 2005, 12:18:44 PM by thomas
Firefox displays teletype far too big  :?

No seriously, it is just fine for me. :lol:

I may assume you haven't inadvertedly set a small zoom factor? (Don't even know if Maxthon has any such thing as zoom, but I would guess).

Edit:   HAH!  Just found this:
Quote from: http://www.maxthon.com/v1.5 build 95 [2005-10-05]
* Fix a bug in Page Zooming
"We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: Premature quotation is the root of public humiliation."

Michael

#4
December 13, 2005, 12:13:15 PM
Hello,

I have also the same problem with teletype. The text is very small and difficult to read. I thought it was a problem of my computer, but it seems that I am not the only one.

I use Windows XP SP2 and Internet Explorer 6.

Michael  
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tiwag

#5
December 13, 2005, 12:18:08 PM
Quote from: thomas on December 13, 2005, 12:12:14 PM
...I may assume you haven't inadvertedly set a small zoom factor? ...
the zoom-factor is fine - see the screen-shot there you can see the proportions 1:1

and on all other websites and /or forums i don't have the problems with teletype font
for some reason which i don't know (till now) it happens only in this forum.

thomas

#6
December 13, 2005, 12:26:28 PM Last Edit: December 14, 2005, 06:41:50 PM by thomas
Probably because the css says so:
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.code
{
color: #000000;
background-color: #cccccc;
border: 1px solid #000000;
padding: 1px;
font-family: "courier new", helvetica, "times new roman", serif;
font-size: small;
/* font-size: x-small; */
width: 99%;
margin: 1px auto 1px auto;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: auto;
}The IE engine likely assigns something which is rather unhealthy to "small".

Yiannis, can you insert a conditional comment into the forum page template so it looks something like this?
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<head>
....
<!--[if IE]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ie.css">
<![endif]-->
</head>

and have ie.css like so:
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tt, .code {font-size: normal;}

Yes, yes... telling Daddy where the children come from ;)
"We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: Premature quotation is the root of public humiliation."

mandrav

#7
December 13, 2005, 12:30:41 PM
Quote from: thomas on December 13, 2005, 12:26:28 PM
Yiannis, can you insert a conditional comment into the forum page template so it looks something like this?

Rick is the web admin ;)
Rick?
Be patient!
This bug will be fixed soon...

rickg22

#8
December 13, 2005, 05:57:38 PM
Oh, i see :) I'll fix it tonight when I get home.

rickg22

#9
December 14, 2005, 05:59:25 PM
Fixed! :) ... I think... :?

tiwag

#10
December 14, 2005, 06:02:57 PM
testing....

normal

teletype without size ... ooops gimme a magnifying-glass for IE-users

normal

teletype with size is ok

please go back to field 1 rick  8)

thomas

#11
December 14, 2005, 06:15:13 PM
Err, Rick... please don't use thinks like font-size: 14px; . I am getting epileptic fits when I see things like this  :shock:

Please use relative sizes, or if you must use absolute sizes, use pt or mm.
"We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: Premature quotation is the root of public humiliation."

rickg22

#12
December 14, 2005, 07:11:08 PM
aw :( darn.

Anyway guys did you want to modify the tt tag, or the text inside "code"?

thomas

#13
December 14, 2005, 07:17:46 PM Last Edit: December 14, 2005, 07:21:37 PM by thomas
As far as I understood, both are displayed too small in Internet Exploder. But that can be done in one assignment in css.

You could just copy the code snippet above, you know ;)


EDIT:
I just loaded The Beast and looked. Code displays ok, but tt is far too small.
"We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: Premature quotation is the root of public humiliation."

Michael

#14
December 14, 2005, 07:23:03 PM
Quote from: thomas on December 14, 2005, 07:17:46 PM
As far as I understood, both are displayed too small in Internet Exploder. But that can be done in one assignment in css.

In my case, it is just the text inside the tt tags that it is too small.

The text inside code tags is ok.

Michael
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