I'm back, I'm rested, and hopefully this thing will get posted.
To address Conaill's concerns:
The version I'm working on now is supposed to get printed out. For reading curled up in a comfy chair under a reading lamp. If one needs a version that can be printed out a few pages at a time, one can always use somebody else's work. Don't bother me none.
But, it will remain a bit 'vanilla'. I'm not out to impress people with flash, I'm out to help inform people with a work that's a comfortable read.
Which is why I used Palatino for the body font. It's a comfortable font. Easy to read at 10 points, and it doesn't overshadow the text. You don't want people oohing and aahing over the type when they should be reading the words.
The headers will be changed to a different font. Verdana I think, but later I may do the headers as graphics, which will allow the use of some rather strange fonts?
Table text will be changed to Times Roman at 8 points. That way the tables can be shrunk a bit and still be legible.
My goal when all things are considered is to provide a document that can be printed out, bound into a book, and read away from the monitor. Since most folks will be picking up multiple version of an SRD PDF I figure they can always find a good screen version from somebody else. One version to impress people, one version to read onscreen, and one, mine, to read sitting in a good chair.
So if there are any publishers out there who might be interested in bringing this thing to a wider audience, get in touch with me privately and we'll work things out.
If you 'd like a fancier version, and can view Post Script files, I can send a Post Script version of the document when it's ready.