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I found (and find) the typography in this comic troubling, because while it is clearly a proportionally spaced font ("l" is 5px wide, "w" is 23px), the boldfaced and roman "not"s are the same size (49px wide). In a normal proportionally spaced situation, the boldfaced letters would be wider. [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 03:23, 23 February 2019 (UTC) | I found (and find) the typography in this comic troubling, because while it is clearly a proportionally spaced font ("l" is 5px wide, "w" is 23px), the boldfaced and roman "not"s are the same size (49px wide). In a normal proportionally spaced situation, the boldfaced letters would be wider. [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 03:23, 23 February 2019 (UTC) | ||
β | In an edit last week I removed the claims that "Randall bolds text via clicking" and that it "could indicate that Randall is not familiar with using word processors." [[Special:Contributions/172.68.144.145 | + | In an edit last week I removed the claims that "Randall bolds text via clicking" and that it "could indicate that Randall is not familiar with using word processors." [[Special:Contributions/172.68.144.145 172.68.144.145]] just reverted my removal, and I wanted to explain here why '.145 is wrong, in a little more space than the edit summary allows. |
I said originally, ''"An iconbutton is used for bold in comics for illustrative purposes, because you can't see the keyboard. It does not reflect the author-artist's knowlege."'' That is, we cannot draw conclusions about Randall's knowledge based on the fact that he didn't illustrate in this comic using a keyboard.<br> | I said originally, ''"An iconbutton is used for bold in comics for illustrative purposes, because you can't see the keyboard. It does not reflect the author-artist's knowlege."'' That is, we cannot draw conclusions about Randall's knowledge based on the fact that he didn't illustrate in this comic using a keyboard.<br> | ||
'.145 asks, perhaps rhetorically, ''"Then why not just write "Ctrl+B"? You can't see the mouse either, but you know what "click" and "select" are referring to."''<br> | '.145 asks, perhaps rhetorically, ''"Then why not just write "Ctrl+B"? You can't see the mouse either, but you know what "click" and "select" are referring to."''<br> |