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There is a strange layout error on Patrick's site. When I reach the end of the article, suddenly some kind of overlay pops up, and makes the text unreadable. Se

by Luyt 15y ago

There is a strange layout error on Patrick's site. When I reach the end of the article, suddenly some kind of overlay pops up, and makes the text unreadable. See http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/kalzumeus.png http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/kalzumeus.png for a screenshot.

po 15y ago
A better question is why is it in comic sans for you? Do you have a user-defined masochistic stylesheet or something?
- Luyt 15y ago
  Oh, do not let the font distract you. Comic Sans is my all-time favourite; I use it as a default/standard font on all my machines (Windows, OSX, FreeBSD+KDE, Ubuntu etc...) You know what they say: beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I just find Comic Sans a nice font to read and to program in. It's exquisite rounded shapes are nice on my eyes.
  - po 15y ago
    O_o Do not let the font distract you Not so easy. You're just trolling me now right? I guess… I mean… agh. OK. Sure… I've never thought it a particularly ugly font, I just always thought it was overused and often used in the wrong contexts. I can't imagine programming in it.
    - Luyt 15y ago
      No, I'm not trolling. I agree with you that Comic Sans is often used in wrong contexts (although the situation is becoming better). It's not wrong for programming either, in my opinion, see http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/comic-sans-python.jpg http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/comic-sans-python.jp... for an example. I dislike monospaced fonts for programming, and with that I'm in the minority. For games Comic Sans is also great, see http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/wow-Luyt-of-Khadgar-PVP-healing-champ.jpg http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/wow-Luyt-of-Khadgar-...
jason_tko 15y ago
This may be related to your issue, but why do you have Comic Sans as your default Safari font ?
- Luyt 15y ago
  Firefox. I don't think Safari lets me force fonts on all webpages. Firefox, in contrast, does offer this: uncheck the "Preferences/Content/Advanced/Allow pages to choose their own fonts" option. Layout of webpages should stay readable and usable even when the user prefers an other font face and/or size than is specified in the stylesheet. For example, my neighbour (85 year old) can't read small fonts anymore, so he pumps them up to 96 pixels or so. You should see the amount of websites breaking at that font size! While there is no reason why, when the layout is done properly everything will size resonably well. He also has the option 'View/Zoom/Zoom Text Only' on, to prevent having to scroll horizontally.

by Luyt 15y ago

po 15y ago

A better question is why is it in comic sans for you? Do you have a user-defined masochistic stylesheet or something?

Luyt 15y ago
Oh, do not let the font distract you. Comic Sans is my all-time favourite; I use it as a default/standard font on all my machines (Windows, OSX, FreeBSD+KDE, Ubuntu etc...) You know what they say: beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I just find Comic Sans a nice font to read and to program in. It's exquisite rounded shapes are nice on my eyes.
- po 15y ago
  O_o Do not let the font distract you Not so easy. You're just trolling me now right? I guess… I mean… agh. OK. Sure… I've never thought it a particularly ugly font, I just always thought it was overused and often used in the wrong contexts. I can't imagine programming in it.
  - Luyt 15y ago
    No, I'm not trolling. I agree with you that Comic Sans is often used in wrong contexts (although the situation is becoming better). It's not wrong for programming either, in my opinion, see http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/comic-sans-python.jpg http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/comic-sans-python.jp... for an example. I dislike monospaced fonts for programming, and with that I'm in the minority. For games Comic Sans is also great, see http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/wow-Luyt-of-Khadgar-PVP-healing-champ.jpg http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/wow-Luyt-of-Khadgar-...

jason_tko 15y ago

This may be related to your issue, but why do you have Comic Sans as your default Safari font ?

Luyt 15y ago
Firefox. I don't think Safari lets me force fonts on all webpages. Firefox, in contrast, does offer this: uncheck the "Preferences/Content/Advanced/Allow pages to choose their own fonts" option. Layout of webpages should stay readable and usable even when the user prefers an other font face and/or size than is specified in the stylesheet. For example, my neighbour (85 year old) can't read small fonts anymore, so he pumps them up to 96 pixels or so. You should see the amount of websites breaking at that font size! While there is no reason why, when the layout is done properly everything will size resonably well. He also has the option 'View/Zoom/Zoom Text Only' on, to prevent having to scroll horizontally.