My only requirement for font sizes is that the user can scale them. We have a large older community that really must increase almost all font sizes every seen on any site to be able to read them. I am a fan of the now non-supported fontsize module just for this reason.
 
The requirement for scalability means that a given site should not be too far from what is normal on most sites so they don't have to be adjusted for each site and should not have too large a range of sizes in the design. Small fonts for copyright, etc. are ok. but not for things the averare user deals with every time they visit the page.


From: development-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Trae McCombs
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:00 PM
To: development@drupal.org
Subject: Re: [development] possible theme?

On 8/31/06, blogdiva@culturekitchen.com <blogdiva@culturekitchen.com> wrote:
Some quick pointers:

(1) How about float them all the way to the right?

Sorry, I missed this, float what?

(2)  I don't know what people have against Arial. Verdana is to lumpy
a font for my taste. If not Arial, then Trebuchet (which is found in
both Mac and PC) would be a better choice (to go with the logo's font).

Non-free.  We should stick with things that show up on all systems, like Linux.  MS Trebuchet isn't a free font nor distro'ed.  Personally I say stick with Sans.

(3) Can't the font on the login block be a bit smaller (which is why
I love the login tobbogan)

You shouldn't go messing with font sizes too much.  Font preference is a user thing.  What is too small for one is too big for another.  0.9em is about as small as you can get away with with out hurting peoples eyes.  0.85em Maybe...

(4) The post information should be flush with the title, not the
content. It reads like content right now. it also should be smaller
than the content font.

I don't know about smaller, but different color for sure.  You should always seperate your "posted by" info from the actual story article. 

.node .submitted { color: #3a75b6; }

Doesn't seem to look too bad.  Personally, I'd go with #bbb, but others would say it's too light and un-readable.

me.
Best,
Liza Sabater, Publisher
www.culturekitchen.com
www.dailygotham.com

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