Re: font for legibility of numeric characters

Have I sent this play with circles and colors before? It shows some other
possibilities.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/ordinary/circles2.html

Jerry

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 11:57 PM, David Dailey <[email protected]>wrote:

> **
>
>
> In terms of subtle variation (shape and color), some of you may find this
> sort of fun
>
> http://cs.sru.edu/~ddailey/svg/B0a.svg
>
> It is less than 20 lines of markup, if you get rid of the blank lines
>
>
> David
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerrold Maddox
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 4:37 PM
>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [svg-developers] font for legibility of numeric characters
>
> David
>
> Yes, Palatino Linotype is, I believe, a resident font on Windows.
>
> Jerry
>
> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 4:11 PM, David Dailey <[email protected]<mailto:
> ddailey%40zoominternet.net> >wrote:
>
> > **
>
> >
> >
> > Hey, thanks Jerry! It seems to work even on a PC and is a bit better than
> > arial for numbers, I think.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David
> >
> > From: [email protected] <mailto:
> svg-developers%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> > [email protected] <mailto:svg-developers%40yahoogroups.com>
> ] On Behalf Of Jerrold Maddox
>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 12:19 PM
> > To: [email protected] <mailto:
> svg-developers%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [svg-developers] font for legibility of numeric characters
> >
> >
> > David
> >
> > I have been seeing how well Palatino and Palatino Linotype work for text:
> > http://s3.amazonaws.com/fourquartets/fourquartets.html
> >
> > I revised the site using them for numerals. It is a good face and has
> been
> > on the Mac since the '80s.
> > http://s3.amazonaws.com/fourquartets/numberspalatino.html
> >
> > Palatino Linotype also have excellent support for non-Latin scripts.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 8:40 AM, David Dailey <[email protected]<mailto:
> ddailey%40zoominternet.net> <mailto:
>
> > ddailey%40zoominternet.net> >wrote:
> >
> > > **
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone have recommendations for a font-family that would be
> > >
> > > a) Widely available for use across browsers in SVG
> > >
> > > b) Rendered consistently across browsers in SVG
> > >
> > > c) Easily legible for numeric characters?
> > >
> > > The last time I experimented with font support in SVG across browsers
> (a
> > > year or two ago) the results were very discouraging: even if fonts were
> > > installed and visible in HTML, they might not be for some browsers in
> > SVG.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > David
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