Re: web page accessibility :: PDF and print versions
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
On 07/22/07 00:18, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> * Carl Fink <carl@finknetwork.com> [070722 00:07]:
>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 11:54:34PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:
>>
>>> Again, the issue is with the font size in printed output.
>> Um, oops. I missed that.
>>
>> That's harder. PDF is designed to print an exact image, not to be
>> user-adjustable. I think if you're going to use Portable Document Format
>> you'd basically have to create each document with double-sized fonts.
>
> I understand. But allow me to set aside the matter of PDF and inquire
> regarding HTML, inasmuch as I am creating (using HeVeA) a HTML version
> of each PDF document.
>
> When I click the PRINT button on the browser to print out a copy of a
> web page, the font size in the printed version remains the same,
> irrespective of the TEXT SIZE or ZOOM selection which I have made with
> the browser.
>
> And some web pages print with a very small font, while others print
> with a rather large font.
>
> At least, this is the case with the browsers I personally have used.
>
> So I would like to know what mechanism controls the font size when
> printing an HTML page.
The web browser. It prints from the original rendering, not from
the expanded view.
It's wrong and it's stupid, and I wish it were not so. But it is.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQFGoum2S9HxQb37XmcRAqfCAKCSqYfNW7H8QviswEjNy9jwf9io8ACgno90
kUj9z1/MAPpzpUZWIJNw9XM=
=BKVT
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: