Was just wondering that myself.. why they went with "rule" in `column-rule` and now `row-rule`
[0] https://practicaltypography.com/rules-and-borders.html [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruled_paper
These days everyone knows what a font is.
These days nobody knows what a font is.
Seems fine to me, it’s a fun piece of trivia for me that I am happy my friend told me. And at the same time, I don’t feel cheated for not having learned it myself in my education as mine was not in design :p
Also it does open up a neat avenue for designers to troll people if they are feeling mischievous.
Client: “This looks great, but could we try a different font?”
Designer: “Sure thing!”
Designer bumps size from 12pt to 14pt.
Designer: “There you go – different font!” :^)
Indeed a “CSS rule” is already a thing and it has nothing to do with lines.
Shouldn't make a difference; we had the element `<hr>` (horizontal rule) since before CSS, after all.
It's also the monarch that makes the rules, but even the rules help you stay within the lines.
Admittedly, we already have <hr> and <table rules="…">.
While true, an even more significant number of folks into typography and design absolutely would (and arguably even should) know this.
I do get your point and can honestly relate to it. But I wouldn't argue that a no-context poll is the right way to define specialist jargon.
The more important aspect is that, within the context, it’s internally consistent. If I bother to learn my terms, I’ll be able to utilize it functionally. And of course, that the term can actually be explained
In any case, the things they added could very well have been called "column-divider" and "row-divider" with much less ambiguity because not everyone who has to wrangle with CSS is a designer by profession or by choice.
I presume you’re talking about a feature like this: https://tagboard.com/product/guides-and-remote-refresh-capab...
In page layout software, the thin UI elements bordering the left side and top side of the page, with the little tick marks, is called a ruler. The tick marks on the ruler are called rules (just like the rules on a physical ruler used for measuring things). When you click/drag on the ruler elements, you create guides (or guidelines).
I’ve never seen “ruler guides” verbatim, but I would take that to be shorthand for “guides one could create using the ruler” (which would be a mouthful) to disambiguate the word “guide” when there isn’t sufficient context for the reader to likely understand what was meant.
The guides themselves are not rulers.
> A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device.
- there is a decision on how to measure things ( this affects prices taxes and commerce )
- there is an association between the power to enforce a standard and the instruments of that standard
- the measure instruments are generally very straight
This proposal extends this mechanism to be more general.