re: SPAM-LOW: RE: [WSG] base css

2005-07-11 Thread csslist
thanks :) those are good but I guess what i meant was more in terms of hacks that are generally used in most css files, I guess meaning are you guys starting off with a chunck of hacks or adding them as needed? :)From: "Mike Foskett" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:16 AMTo:

Re: [WSG] base css

2005-07-05 Thread Alan Trick
Webmaster wrote: If I know the base font I'll set that and some default colours, then set a % text size in the body {}, to avoid any font-size setting smaller than 1em. Hi Heretic, please explain this. How does setting a % for text-size in body prevent the appearance of smaller than 1em font

Re: [WSG] base css

2005-07-05 Thread heretic
Hi, Hi Heretic, please explain this. How does setting a % for text-size in body prevent the appearance of smaller than 1em font sizes? Is 100% a good starting point for body? Enquiring minds want to know. Basically the idea is this: don't use settings smaller than 1em, for example don't set

Re: [WSG] base css

2005-07-05 Thread James O'Neill
If you set the Body font size to 100.01% you can avoid the scaling issue in IE and some older versions of Opera, and be able to use font sizes less than 1em. Go towards the very bottom of this page - it has an explanation: http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=FAF76print=true --

Re: [WSG] base css

2005-07-05 Thread Jan Brasna
Couldn't help myself ;) Even if you could, someone else would do it :P Cheers man. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

RE: [WSG] base css

2005-07-05 Thread Mike Foskett
Snippet taken from: http://www.websemantics.co.uk/tutorials/useful_css_snippets/#leveller Where there's a fuller description and a few other snippets. On full width pages: * {margin:0; padding:0} html {height:100%; font-size:100.01%} body { min-height:101%; font:100.01%/130%

Re: [WSG] base css

2005-07-05 Thread Felix Miata
Webmaster wrote: Heretic wrote: If I know the base font I'll set that and some default colours, then set a % text size in the body {}, to avoid any font-size setting smaller than 1em. please explain this. How does setting a % for text-size in body prevent the appearance of smaller

[WSG] base css

2005-07-04 Thread csslist
what are you guys using as a base css file to start a site with common hacks and what not? Thanks happy 4th :)

Re: [WSG] base css

2005-07-04 Thread Andrew Krespanis
what are you guys using as a base css file to start a site with common hacks and what not? plug http://leftjustified.net/journal/2004/10/07/css-negotiation/ /plug and plug http://leftjustified.net/journal/2004/10/19/global-ws-reset/ /plug Couldn't help myself ;) Andrew.

Re: [WSG] base css

2005-07-04 Thread heretic
plug Couldn't help myself ;) Patience is a virtue, young padawan ;) h -- --- http://www.200ok.com.au/ --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson ** The discussion list for

Re: [WSG] base css

2005-07-04 Thread heretic
Hi there, what are you guys using as a base css file to start a site with common hacks and what not? These days I invariably kick off with the global whitespace reset (hi Andrew!) http://leftjustified.net/journal/2004/10/19/global-ws-reset/ ...and some controlled whitespace settings. If I

RE: [WSG] base css

2005-07-04 Thread Webmaster
If I know the base font I'll set that and some default colours, then set a % text size in the body {}, to avoid any font-size setting smaller than 1em. Hi Heretic, please explain this. How does setting a % for text-size in body prevent the appearance of smaller than 1em font sizes? Is 100% a