User talk:Randomstaplers/Archive 2

pright and tables of contents

I saw here that used the pright template for page numbers in tables of contents. pright is an old template designed for showing page numbers in text, (that is, by forcing page breaks where they would occur in the text,) and in that respect it is mostly superseded by pagenum. For tables of contents, there are a number of dedicated templates; see here. I personally like using dtpl, as it replicates the dots. By the way, some project you’ve chosen to start with! If you’re having some trouble with this scan, the Library of Congress has copies, although they’re divided by part, so that you have about 200 files to sift through for 1993. But at least the scan quality is better, right? TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 01:29, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips. I'll see what I can do to clean up the printed TOCs.--Randomstaplers (talk) 02:30, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

By the way, I haven't mentioned this to anyone yet, but File:niosh tb guidelines.pdf is getting pretty popular. Ever since I added it to the TB article, it's been getting 1000+ views a day. Could be something to do while I get familiar with the nuances of MediaWiki--Randomstaplers (talk) 03:17, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

• Some pointers for that PDF—looking at p. 2. When you have an entire paragraph in a different font size, and you use the normal templates (like smaller), there is a noticeable gap between the lines—this is the gap of the normal text height (100%), not smaller (82%). To reduce the gap, you can use the block templates, like smaller block, which will decrease the line height along with the text height. As for serif, it is only used when text is made serif to differentiate it from other text—that is, where the choice matters within the text, and is not stylistic. (For example, here, just before page H94, the remarks of Mrs. Kim are printed in serif to indicate that they were inserted in the Record at a later point.) There is no need to mark all text with serif when the work itself does not have any reason, other than style, to use a serif font. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 15:05, 10 July 2024 (UTC)