Font size

“ So, if you have an original height="5400" & width="3300" for the full "virtual-paper" size, a set DPI (dots per inch) of 600 and a bunch of x-min, y-max, x-max, y-min coordinates for at least the in a you can easily envision how computerized computation can determine not only appropriate font size to mimic the original proportions found in the original scanned [paper] page but also the means to extrapolate the values for margins, columns, tables, word spacing, line-heights, indentation, paragraph spacing and the like. ”

“ One of the things that we are trying to achieve is to not overly enforce formatting, and to allow people's viewing preference to come into play. So our font-size changes are proportional, rather than set; our right width is unset; font-face is left to the browser of the user ”

“ Fixing font templates is not going to help until selecting a sane site-wide font-size & related/relative line-height is made. I had thought a calculated 14.00000px would multiply and zoom nicely but it doesn't for all browsers in all the same scenarios. Seems to me everything should be based on the industry "default" (16.00000px) especially Vector content to get the best (small, smaller, smallest, medium large, larger etc.) ”

“ Will just need to have a think about styles. I've done a better font size comparison now and it looks like the font size in the chapter starting poems is the same as in the in-text poems. In both cases the attached author names are the same font size as the poem, but in the chapter starting ones they are {{sc}}. ”

“ There is nothing wrong about displaying the style characteristics of individual works in general. With works displayed in the main namespace, and changing the available default layouts, there is a problem with the browsers. Serif appears smaller than non-serif, (Times New Roman or Garamond versus Arial) , because of the stroke thickness of some crucial characters, even though they are the same font size. Both Chrome/Chromium and Firefox allow only one size setting for both. I can't speak for the font settings of Safari, Opera, Edge, or Internet Explorer. ”

“ Check those instances again after a good purging of your cache and see if the trouble still exists... report back. Template:Smaller block/s and Template:Smaller block/e don't have the same problem because that Smaller block only changes the font size while fine changes the font-size as well the line-height settings. This means if your "block" has multiple paragraphs, typically only the first and/or last paragraphs in the block will "properly" inherit the altered line-height settings - the ones in between will seem to have a third "size" or no "change" at all. ”

“ As for Windows, I use Windows 7 which is an upgraded Windows XP, very stable and supported. I believe that mobile devices are of secondary importance for proofreading.The font size is the same as the default font size in the browser, if the font preferences are set Browser default. As for over/under, or side by side editing, the text side of the window in side by side editing is the same 25 rows of the Wikisource default, just the columns adjust automatically to accommodate the scan on the right. ”

“ For very short measures, as in tabular column heads, 6-point quads should be used. A gage that will be more uniformly accurate is a line of 12-point letters (for short measures) or 24-point letters (for longer measures) from a font of foundry-cast [Page 23] type. These should be set in the stick with the nicks sideways, not in front as for composition. The body-size of cast type is the most accurate of any point-size material, and as 12-point and 24-point fonts are at hand in every composing room they furnish a convenient and reliable standard at all times. ”

“ If there is a secondary subtitle, center it and wrap it with a font size comparable to the original. This may be 100% or if smaller, use the 85% font size {{fs85}} template. Example:This page has one main and five sub titles. Otherwise, article titles consist of one main and, at most, three sub-titles. Since the styles differ, there is good visual contrast, even when the font-size difference is less than 10%. New articles can start anywhere on a page. ”

“ E-reader devices generally have much smaller screens E-reader devices, apps or the ebook export tools may not support all formatting features that work in browsers Some content visible on Wikisource is excluded from the exported formats Formatting for small screens Smartphones often have an effective pixel width [4] of around 350px. For a "normal" font size, this is about 23em. Because e-readers can adjust the font size, you should be cautious when making assumptions about screen width in relative terms such as "em". ”

“ Since a pixel is a fixed measurement and em is dynamic — in the case of matching the line-height to the reduced font templates, it would be better to use pixels as well?
IMO, that much "fixed-ness" (using px for some vertical affecting elements but em for the "rest" in addition to the instances concerning line-height & font-size association) is partly the reason why find ourselves where we do re: this nuance today. ”

“ I also adjusted the font size of the author initials when they appear in fine print back to standard size to match the print version. I did think about adding {{clear}} (or rather, the source for it:

to the end of {{EB1911 footer initials}} template, but it affects the alignment if {{EB1911 fine print/e}} follows directly after the initials, which it often does. An ndash for a year range is the correct character (EB1911 always has ndash for year ranges, sometimes for other number ranges. A hyphen is often, but not always, used for page ranges) . ”

“ I know we had trouble before where there were widows before a title, but for an image, this is unlikely, and it's more likely you'll drag half of a title on the previous page. For example: Special:Diff/10831082 I think the smaller images in Acts I and II are OK as they are, since the size works well with surrounding text. The {{block center}} should not be specified in px. On an e-reader, the display might be over 1000 pixels across (mine is 1072) , but the font size is very large in term of pixels (a visually impaired user may have a screen only 10 or 15em across!) ”

“ Images will always be vulnerable to alignments because it depends how tightly they are cropped. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 12:24, 29 March 2021 (UTC) @Inductiveload: Images and text behave differently because images by default have no margin or padding, but text has a pseudo-margin in the form of the line-height and variable rendered glyph physical size within the font size. ”

“ It may be generally said, however, particularly as regards pen and ink drawings on smooth paper, that they should never be smaller, only very rarely of the same size; they should be drawn one-third or one-half larger generally. The artist can execute fine details more easily and precisely on a large drawing than on a small one.
The enlarged reproduction gives any faults or mistakes which may happen to be in the drawing in proportionately larger size quite independent of the fact that an enlarged reproduction is always somewhat rough and ordinary. ”

“ Most of Jenson’s letters are designed within a square, the modern letters are narrowed by a third or thereabout; but while this gain of space very much hampers the possibility of beauty of design, it is not a real gain, for the modern printer throws the gain away by putting inordinately wide spaces between his lines, which, probably, the lateral compression of his letters renders necessary. Commercialism again compels the use of type too small in size to be comfortable reading: the size known as “Long primer” ought to be the smallest size used in a book meant to be read. ”

“ The fact that we are transcribing printed paper books into an entirely different medium in which we have very little influence over typefaces, font sizes, margins, line widths, etcetera, implies a willingness on our part not to preserve layout exactly. ”

“ GRADATION OF TYPES. The following specimen shows the proportion which one size of type bears to another in width; but it is necessary to observe that it must be taken with certain limitations, because each founder has letter of every size that will either drive out or get in with others of the same body, some faces being more extended and others being more condensed than the standard width of type. The scale contains thirteen sizes in order of gradation, viz., Great Primer, English, Pica, Small Pica, Long Primer, Bourgeois, Brevier, Minion, Nonpareil, Agate, Pearl, Diamond, and Brilliant. ”

“ A bible, guide book, or directory, need not have wide margins, nor a book printed on small type and thin paper; and a book the type for which is not leaded should be given less margin than is allowed for a page of leaded type. While the same general scheme for margins is applicable to nearly all good books, of whatever shape and size, when the contents and object do not dominate the physical character, it is obvious that the dimensions cannot in all cases be fixed according to the same formulas. ”

“ An important feature of a type is the nick on the side of the body. In many cases there may be two, three, or even four nicks on a type. Usually all the types of a font have nicks that are identical in number and position, and when the types are composed in lines these nicks match each other and form continuous grooves on the lower part of the line of type.
The nicks serve as guides to the compositor when taking the type from the case to his composing stick, and they assist in distinguishing the types of one font or face from those of another on the same size of body. ”

“ The 3-em space is one-third of the em quad; the 4-em space one-fourth of the em quad; and the 5-em space is one-fifth of the em quad. The hair spaces are very thin spaces of copper and brass. These are very seldomly needed in general work.
The em quad must be clearly distinguished from the em pica. Every size of type has its em quad; but the em 10pica is simply the 12 point standard unit of measurement.
Type Font. A quantity of the same size and face of type with an assortment of the various letters and characters which are used together is called a font. ”

“ It is generally conceded by authorities that lower-case types in the same size of letter are more legible than capitals (E) and should be used for headings and for display lines in advertising matter, where easy reading is essential.
Assuming that the largest possible face on the smallest possible type body results in legibility and allows more matter on a page, both users and makers of type have in many fonts caused the descending and ascending strokes to be shortened. The lower-case letters g, j, p, q and y have been the principal sufferers, as they are the only ones with descending strokes. ”

“ The prevailing shade in a color illustration should be matched by the background or by a surrounding border, or by both.
When laying out advertisements or other display pages the size of the type-face should be written in the margin (Example 14) . Practice will enable the layout man intuitively to approximate the size needed. ”

“ The following measurements, in inches, of a leaf of folio, octavo, and 16mo, of foolscap, medium, and imperial paper, will show how impossible it would be, from the size of the book to determine the fold of the sheet, even of paper of what are called the regular sizes, particularly when the books have been cut down in binding:
Since the introduction of machine paper and large presses, paper is made of almost any and every size and shape, and it is no longer possible to distinguish, with accuracy, the different folds. ”

“ Artists’ designs submitted must not exceed 3 inches square, as it is supposed that in a space 3 inches by 3 inches the design can be clearly shown in proper detail, suitable for process reduction to size of the finished stamp, which is 7⁄8 of an inch by 7⁄8 of an inch. ”

“ Black ink is used with pens of various sizes depending upon the width of line desired. The best cartoonists use lines of different widths. Often we find a strong bold line for the foreground, a medium line for the middle distance, and a thin line for extreme distance. The drawing is usually made twice the size it is to appear in the paper. When sent to the printer a photograph is made of the drawing of the size required. The film is then stripped off the plate and put on a heavier, thicker plate and printed through on a piece of zinc, covered with some substance which is not affected by acid. ”

“ Then, you select the text, copy it, and paste it into any word processor to process it. I use Microsoft Word. After pasting all of the text into it, I select all of the text, choose Courier New font, 10 point size, and set the margins at 5.5 inches. With this setup, when the text is saved as "Text with layout," the resultant text is 65 characters per line, every line. Setting hard returns is automatic. ”

“ If in the text there are extracts in the same or nearly the same size of type as the notes, coming at the bottom of the page, a full-width single rule should be used to separate the notes from the extracts.
In wide measure, the notes may be set to advantage in half-measure, with blank space of an eight-point em between the columns. This method of composition frequently saves space, and gives a more compact page, when the notes are short. When this method is used, the half-measure should not be used for a single note unless it makes at least two full lines. ”