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Re: [Groff] Nesting font macros in man pages
From: |
Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] Nesting font macros in man pages |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Apr 2017 15:58:11 +0100 |
Hi,
Ingo wrote:
> Manuals tend to have so much font jumping anyway
> that they are often not very visually pleasing and look noisy.
That's true. And my crude understanding of typography is that 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐 is
normally used for emphasis, with 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 being kept in reserve for that odd
time when the reader wants to find, or be attracted to, that term in a
page of otherwise non-bold text.
--
Cheers, Ralph.
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- Re: [Groff] Nesting font macros in man pages, (continued)
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- Re: [Groff] Nesting font macros in man pages, Ralph Corderoy, 2017/04/29
- Re: [Groff] Nesting font macros in man pages, Ingo Schwarze, 2017/04/29
- Re: [Groff] Nesting font macros in man pages, Ralph Corderoy, 2017/04/30
- Re: [Groff] Nesting font macros in man pages, John Gardner, 2017/04/30
- Re: [Groff] Nesting font macros in man pages, Ingo Schwarze, 2017/04/30
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