Comments on: big up your blog's font size http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/ Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: venkat http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-36 venkat Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:34:57 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/#comment-36 how to increase font size of my embarq email and while i want to print it, i want a bigger font too. I tried lot of options, no go. Help me emailing me. Thankyou. how to increase font size of my embarq email and while i want to print it, i want a bigger font too. I tried lot of options, no go. Help me emailing me. Thankyou.

]]> By: Joe http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Joe Thu, 24 May 2007 21:53:31 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/#comment-37 Somehow I feel that this large font trend is related that the internet generation is growing up, say over 30 , some even 35 (don't look at me). Eyes just don't get any better, especially when writing this middle of night. So thanks! Somehow I feel that this large font trend is related that the internet generation is growing up, say over 30 , some even 35 (don’t look at me). Eyes just don’t get any better, especially when writing this middle of night. So thanks!

]]> By: People Over Process » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-02 http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-35 People Over Process » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-02 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:23:17 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/#comment-35 [...] Bill Higgins :: big up your blog’s font size “I noticed on Coté’s blog a few week’s ago that he was using a very big font size. At first I thought it looked goofy, but after I while I thought to myself ‘damn if this isn’t easy to read!’” Bill is a wise, wise man ;) (tags: type blogs design ego ibm redmonkclients) [...] [...] Bill Higgins :: big up your blog’s font size “I noticed on Coté’s blog a few week’s ago that he was using a very big font size. At first I thought it looked goofy, but after I while I thought to myself ‘damn if this isn’t easy to read!’” Bill is a wise, wise man ;) (tags: type blogs design ego ibm redmonkclients) [...]

]]> By: Cote' http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Cote' Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:16:23 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/#comment-34 Well, obviously I have only one thing to say: YUH! I'll tell why I started having big fonts. I have them now because, like you say, they're easy to read. But, my dad used to always complain -- I mean always -- that my fonts were too low. So I up'ed them. Now, if I change them back down, he goes ape-shit. Thankfully, I really like the big fonts. I have FireFox setup to not allow anything below 16pt. It makes most web apps look like crap (meaning they didn't code well, but hey, why would that change after 10+ years of web app development), but I can't stand those little fonts on my 12" PowerBook. So, congrats on seeing the light ;) Well, obviously I have only one thing to say: YUH!

I’ll tell why I started having big fonts. I have them now because, like you say, they’re easy to read.

But, my dad used to always complain — I mean always — that my fonts were too low. So I up’ed them.

Now, if I change them back down, he goes ape-shit. Thankfully, I really like the big fonts. I have FireFox setup to not allow anything below 16pt. It makes most web apps look like crap (meaning they didn’t code well, but hey, why would that change after 10+ years of web app development), but I can’t stand those little fonts on my 12″ PowerBook.

So, congrats on seeing the light ;)

]]> By: Bill Higgins http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Bill Higgins Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:56:47 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/#comment-33 Well my mom likes the larger print so that settles it. :-P Well my mom likes the larger print so that settles it. :-P

]]> By: Anna Lee Higgins http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Anna Lee Higgins Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:18:30 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/#comment-32 I like the larger print I like the larger print

]]> By: Josh Staiger http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Josh Staiger Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:40:07 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/#comment-31 I like the new digs. On most sites where I'm doing serious reading I unconsciously do a few cmd+'s anyway. I think the best policy (which I don't abide by) is to leave your text at the default size, in which case people can tweak their browser's font settings as desired... Problem is nobody does this, and it's hard to be in the minority. I like the new digs.

On most sites where I’m doing serious reading I unconsciously do a few cmd+’s anyway.

I think the best policy (which I don’t abide by) is to leave your text at the default size, in which case people can tweak their browser’s font settings as desired…

Problem is nobody does this, and it’s hard to be in the minority.

]]> By: Patrick Mueller http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Patrick Mueller Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:19:24 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/#comment-30 No, I think you can do it all in JS, can't you? Add a little gadget to change the font size via css, hook it to a setcookie call of some kind, retrieve the cookie in your page load. I'm not expecting you to persist the setting for me on your server! No, I think you can do it all in JS, can’t you? Add a little gadget to change the font size via css, hook it to a setcookie call of some kind, retrieve the cookie in your page load. I’m not expecting you to persist the setting for me on your server!

]]> By: Bill Higgins http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Bill Higgins Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:30:58 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/#comment-29 Steve, eight lines? Are you on a Palm? Pat, I'd be happy to code up the function you mention, but until I get off of WordPress, that would mean hacking PHP, and I think you know how I feel about that. :-) Steve, eight lines? Are you on a Palm?

Pat, I’d be happy to code up the function you mention, but until I get off of WordPress, that would mean hacking PHP, and I think you know how I feel about that. :-)

]]> By: Patrick Mueller http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Patrick Mueller Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:35:15 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/02/28/big-up-your-blogs-font-size/#comment-28 I thought for sure something must be wrong with my browser when I hit coté's site, when it got big, whenever that was. I think it's terrible. A couple of [cmd-minus] hits fix it up. Yours is not so bad, I think. It's probably not a bad idea to do this, for your readers who don't go through an aggregator. Like your mom. And folks happening upon your blog from the Google. Probably the nicest thing to do would be to allow the user to tweak the display, font size up/down, dynamically, store the result in a cookie, so I don't have to cmd-minus, cmd-minus when I hit these big pages .. I have to ask, what's up with the sponsor? Reef Sandals? I thought for sure something must be wrong with my browser when I hit coté’s site, when it got big, whenever that was. I think it’s terrible. A couple of [cmd-minus] hits fix it up.

Yours is not so bad, I think.

It’s probably not a bad idea to do this, for your readers who don’t go through an aggregator. Like your mom. And folks happening upon your blog from the Google.

Probably the nicest thing to do would be to allow the user to tweak the display, font size up/down, dynamically, store the result in a cookie, so I don’t have to cmd-minus, cmd-minus when I hit these big pages ..

I have to ask, what’s up with the sponsor? Reef Sandals?

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