I have a penchant toward submitting my posts in color, italic, and 'this size' Comic San font text. - 'Larger/smaller size' in some cases. - 'UPPER CASE' in other cases.
If there is an objection to this here, I may as well know and go now.
In the last RV forum, - I had just recently joined - a member said that I was being an exhibitionist. - And I received an oppressive pm from the administrator stating that there was unspecific generalizations governing colored text, large/small sized text, and the amount of smilies permitted in a post.
I told him to delete my account. - And that was that.
I do not want to feel unappreciated in going-the-extra-mile in self expression in my posts, or feel oppressed or intimidated toward my simple harmless friendly style, or I will feel sad, and not want to post at all.
Sooo. Are there objections to such-as personal self expression here?
-- Edited by Millie on Tuesday 20th of November 2012 07:59:59 PM
Lucky Mike said
04:46 AM Nov 21, 2012
As long as its not religious , political or flat out vulgar normally it is acceptable..(as long as it does not interfere with site operation)
But in exchange I feel that you must be able to accept..... Sarcasm ...... overly friendly.....sometimes grumpy ......well versed......sometimes lost...Looking out for each other........accept you into the family type of people!!!!!
That being said......I cant tell you yes or no , but click on Terri & Jo and PM them ....he is one of the moderators and can answer your question and if there is a problem exsplian it
In the mean time............Welcome , enjoy the site. This has lots of useful info.......and probably one of the finest group of people ready to help you ease into the transition!!!!
Racerguy said
06:00 AM Nov 21, 2012
Not my call but personally I find it very hard to read and would probably just skip over posts like that,but that is me and I wouldn't let it stop you if Howard or Terry tell you it's ok.
Trabuco said
06:35 AM Nov 21, 2012
I have a relative that sends us emails with lots of different fonts and charactors in the body of the text. And like Racerguy mentioned above I won't read them. It is up to Howard or Terry and one of them will chime in before long and let you know if you're good to go.
Team Murc said
02:05 PM Nov 21, 2012
Millie,
No problems here with the use of color but as others have said it can be a difficult to read especially at the end of the day when my eyes are tired.
-- Edited by Team Murc on Wednesday 21st of November 2012 02:07:12 PM
janni said
03:42 PM Nov 21, 2012
Personally?? Not a problem for me. Welcome to the group.
Terry and Jo said
06:11 PM Nov 21, 2012
Welcome, Millie.
As a moderator, I can probably safely say that it is not a problem with your choice of font and color with regards to any rules. However, something to consider that I encountered years ago when I was creating PowerPoint presentations for our church. I was approached one day and was asked if there was any text on a particular slide. When I answered that there was, I was then asked what color it was. Come to find out, that person couldn't read it because they were color blind in that color and thus couldn't even see it.
That is when I began to pay attention to fonts as well because some of our older ladies couldn't make out italicized and "special" fonts. I got to where I pretty much used Arial all the time so that everyone would be able to read the messages.
Like some of the others, the color is a bit difficult for me to read. Also, while there is no rule for capital letters, there are occasions where some are disturbed by them since capital letters online generally tend to indicate "shouting." I do capitalize the occasional word or phrase that I really want folks to notice, especially if it is a cautionary comment.
Otherwise, welcome to the RV Dreams forums. We look forward to any comments and questions that you may have as long as they kind of follow Mike's comments about what is generally not approved. Glad to have you as part of the family.
Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Wednesday 21st of November 2012 06:26:38 PM
bjoyce said
06:57 PM Nov 21, 2012
If you want answers to your questions make the posts easily readable, since many skip over posts using interesting fonts and colors. It takes more concentration and effort to read such posts and comprehend the words, which is not worth it to many who come here even if they would be a good person to answer your question.
VanMar said
08:32 PM Nov 21, 2012
Not a problem so far. But, could you make it a couple of shades darker....the eyes aren't as sharp as they used to be!
V
Millie said
05:16 AM Nov 22, 2012
Thank you all for your input.
…maybe I’ve found a home for my RV dreams.
…I’ll introduce myself in the introduction section.
Dave Buck said
03:48 PM Nov 22, 2012
Just don't make the font so small I can't read it. Enjoy the forum. Lots of friendly people here.
53 Merc said
07:03 PM Nov 22, 2012
Me and racerguy. If it is hard to read and some awful color, I just skip over them.
Well. I may as well get this over with right now.
I have a penchant toward submitting my posts in color, italic, and 'this size' Comic San font text. - 'Larger/smaller size' in some cases. - 'UPPER CASE' in other cases.
If there is an objection to this here, I may as well know and go now.
In the last RV forum, - I had just recently joined - a member said that I was being an exhibitionist. - And I received an oppressive pm from the administrator stating that there was unspecific generalizations governing colored text, large/small sized text, and the amount of smilies permitted in a post.
I told him to delete my account. - And that was that.
I do not want to feel unappreciated in going-the-extra-mile in self expression in my posts, or feel oppressed or intimidated toward my simple harmless friendly style, or I will feel sad, and not want to post at all.
Sooo. Are there objections to such-as personal self expression here?
-- Edited by Millie on Tuesday 20th of November 2012 07:59:59 PM
But in exchange I feel that you must be able to accept..... Sarcasm ...... overly friendly.....sometimes grumpy ......well versed......sometimes lost...Looking out for each other........accept you into the family type of people!!!!!
That being said......I cant tell you yes or no , but click on Terri & Jo and PM them ....he is one of the moderators and can answer your question and if there is a problem exsplian it
In the mean time............Welcome , enjoy the site. This has lots of useful info.......and probably one of the finest group of people ready to help you ease into the transition!!!!
Millie,
No problems here with the use of color but as others have said it can be a difficult to read especially at the end of the day when my eyes are tired.
-- Edited by Team Murc on Wednesday 21st of November 2012 02:07:12 PM
Welcome, Millie.
As a moderator, I can probably safely say that it is not a problem with your choice of font and color with regards to any rules. However, something to consider that I encountered years ago when I was creating PowerPoint presentations for our church. I was approached one day and was asked if there was any text on a particular slide. When I answered that there was, I was then asked what color it was. Come to find out, that person couldn't read it because they were color blind in that color and thus couldn't even see it.
That is when I began to pay attention to fonts as well because some of our older ladies couldn't make out italicized and "special" fonts. I got to where I pretty much used Arial all the time so that everyone would be able to read the messages.
Like some of the others, the color is a bit difficult for me to read. Also, while there is no rule for capital letters, there are occasions where some are disturbed by them since capital letters online generally tend to indicate "shouting." I do capitalize the occasional word or phrase that I really want folks to notice, especially if it is a cautionary comment.
Otherwise, welcome to the RV Dreams forums. We look forward to any comments and questions that you may have as long as they kind of follow Mike's comments about what is generally not approved. Glad to have you as part of the family.
Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Wednesday 21st of November 2012 06:26:38 PM
Not a problem so far. But, could you make it a couple of shades darker....the eyes aren't as sharp as they used to be!
V
Thank you all for your input.
…maybe I’ve found a home for my RV dreams.
…I’ll introduce myself in the introduction section.