Re: Formatting complaints

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From: Andre Majorel <aym-2lqsgp(at)teaser(dot)fr>
To: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Formatting complaints
Date: 2012-10-11 14:28:14
Message-ID: 20121011142814.GA4819@aym.net2.nerim.net
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A few ways in which the formatting could be improved :

a) Not so much space between the bottom of the text and the page
number. The page number could in fact go at the top with the
chapter name. As it is, the wasted vertical space causes the
text to shrink too much when printing 2-up.

b) Maybe less font size difference between text and headings.
The text feels a little too small for the headings,
especially 2-up. But it might get better if/when a) is done.

c) The courier font, apart from the being neither visually
pleasing nor readable, has two major flaws : it is so thin
that it almost disappears when shrunk and it is rather wide,
making some lines dangerously close to being cut off. Any of
the sans-serif vector fonts listed there would be an
improvement :

http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts

I use Inconsolata and I'm happy with it :

http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html

d) Too much space around the "Tip" paragraphs.

No idea how much control you have over these things but there
you go. Thank you.

--
André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/


From: Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andre Majorel <aym-2lqsgp(at)teaser(dot)fr>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Formatting complaints
Date: 2012-10-26 02:06:28
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On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Andre Majorel <aym-2lqsgp(at)teaser(dot)fr> wrote:
> A few ways in which the formatting could be improved :
>
> a) Not so much space between the bottom of the text and the page
> number. The page number could in fact go at the top with the
> chapter name. As it is, the wasted vertical space causes the
> text to shrink too much when printing 2-up.

Just to be clear, are all of your suggestions specific to the PDF
versions of the docs? And if so, is complaint a.) the same for the A4
and US PDFs?

Josh


From: Andre Majorel <aym-2lqsgp(at)teaser(dot)fr>
To: Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Formatting complaints
Date: 2012-11-02 16:28:39
Message-ID: 20121102162838.GA10777@aym.net2.nerim.net
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On 2012-10-25 19:06 -0700, Josh Kupershmidt wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Andre Majorel <aym-2lqsgp(at)teaser(dot)fr> wrote:
> > A few ways in which the formatting could be improved :
> >
> > a) Not so much space between the bottom of the text and the page
> > number. The page number could in fact go at the top with the
> > chapter name. As it is, the wasted vertical space causes the
> > text to shrink too much when printing 2-up.
>
> Just to be clear, are all of your suggestions specific to the PDF
> versions of the docs?

Sorry, didn't see your reply until now. Yes, that was about the
PDF version. I was looking into printing the doc.

> And if so, is complaint a.) the same for the A4 and US PDFs?

Just checked and yes.

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André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/