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In article <1991May3.162751.14138@kentrox.uucp> peter@kentrox.uucp (Peter Uchytil) writes:
>Table of Contents: Fonts are hard to scan.

  Fonts in general seem to be a problem in the new format.  I've
noticed all of the following:

  * They use fonts with weird proportions--too skinny, or too
    stretched out--a lot.  This shows up mainly in titles, though at
    least for a while I think the figure captions were the same.
    (My CACM collection's at home, I can't check right now.)

  * The titles in general are difficult to read, especially when they
    put part in great huge letters and part in small letters, and have
    it against a colored active background.  I'd prefer to see some
    nice bold font, with a consistent size, if they're going to put it
    against a busy background.

  * The footnotes in the current issue are nice, except for putting
    the code excerpts in a very heavy font which makes them stand out
    incredibly much.

  Generally, if they'd stick with fonts which had more standard
proportions, I'd be happier.

  Oh, and the introduction to the special section was *impossible* to
read this month.  (OK, so I suffered through it, but the first three
times I read about a sentence and my eyes started to hurt.)

>What makes it so difficult to read?

  Inconsistent use of fonts--that's my main complaint at the moment.
(They finally seem to have gotten the use of color under control,
though I'll reserve judgment for a few more issues.)  A few months
ago, they were even setting C-heads in a larger font than B-heads
(arrrrgh)....

>I'm not talking about content now, just format (that is what everyone is
>complaining about, right?).  

  Yeah.

  See if you can dig out a CACM from early last year, maybe, to see
what the format used to be like.  I'm really not sure why they decided
to change it.

	Anton
   
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