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DESIGN COMPONENTS
This chapter gives an overview of the graphical user interface components and a description of
their corresponding WML elements. These items are then used when designing WAP services.
The “Look and Feel” of the components is described and guidelines are made on component
usage. The WML elements and their attributes are also listed and a brief description is given.
The WML element descriptions are, supplemented with WML code as well as figures showing
the way this is displayed in the browser area of the R380.
Note! The description below does not include all possible WML elements and attributes, but all
elements affecting the graphical user interface.
Using Text
Font Size and Font Style
The font used in R380 is a proportional font. A proportional font gives a dynamic and
minimized width for each character, which improves readability of the displayed texts. This
generally allows more characters to be displayed per line.
The used typeface name is “Swiss A” and three different font sizes are used: small, normal and
big.
Font size Height Number of lines
Small 9 pixels 7.5
Normal 10 pixels 7
Big 14 pixels 5
The normal and big fonts can be shown in either regular or bold style, the small font only in
regular.
WML
The R380 browser supports all emphasis elements. The
big and small elements change the
font size. The
em, strong, i, b and u elements are all handled in the same manner (all
fonts, except small, are shown in bold).
