Re: Colours & sizes

Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>>[snip]
>>I can't speak for the sites that *you* visit, but we're using a default
>>font size that's a web standard - Microsoft, IBM, and many others use
>>*exactly* the same font.
>
> That helps me greatly.  I did a side-by-side comparison of fonts from
> the three sites:
>
>     http://candle.pha.pa.us/tmp/web.jpg
>
> The page on the left is PostgreSQL, the middle is IBM, the right is
> Microsoft.

I also did a side-by-side comparison (and threw in a couple of extras):

http://postgresql.tinysofa.com/files/body_text_comparison.png

I compared body text to body text to body text.

Unlike your comparison, which was body text to navigation text to
navigation text - not exactly a useful comparison.

> You are right the fonts seem to be the same size.  The 'o' is the same
> size on all of them as far as I can tell.   However, those comparisons
> are for the font itself.  The difference is that the non-PostgreSQL
> sites seem to have more space between letters, and certainly more space
> between the lines.

There's no difference. Space between letters is identical. Space between
lines is identical between PostgreSQL and IBM (slightly larger for
Microsoft).

> They are using that small font for bullet lists and menus, while we are
> using that font for paragraph text, and a even smaller font for the
> News/Events section.

Incorrect. As you'll see in my comparison, all three sites (and many
others) are using that so-called "small font" for body text.

Incidentally, IBM uses the exact same "smaller font" as PostgreSQL to
link to their news items.

Emily