I am sure most experienced Web authors know this, but some newer ones might not. A quick and handy way to incrementally zoom and/or change text size when viewing a web page is via keyboard shortcuts (Windows O/S):
Here is an expanded and updated compilation for zooming and/or changing text size via keyboard shortcuts (Windows O/S) when viewing web pages : When using ]MSIE] ..... Zoom out: ctrl + (larger - repeat until desired size is obtained) Zoom in: ctrl - (smaller - repeat until desired size is obtained) Return to original size: ctrl 0 (zero) When using Firefox ..... same as with MSIE (You can specify "change text size only" in Firefox via the top menu bar: View ---> Zoom ---> Zoom Text only. Setting remains until changed. The above keyboard shortcuts will now only change the text size leaving the image sizes as original). When using Safari/Chrome ..... same as with MSIE except the keyboard shortcuts only change the text size leaving the image sizes as original. When using Opera ..... same as for Firefox/MSIE except use shift + for Zoom out. (Quick zooming via a scrolling mouse: ctrl - scroll wheel) Web developers/authors might want to check pages they are composing to be sure navigation is not affected by incremental zooming (visitors will seldom zoom more than three increments). In my experience, many visitors (especially those with diminished vision) to web pages now increase the text size by one or two increments for easier reading especially when very small text is encountered. James -- http://jp29.org/index.php - Web Authoring References & Resources Non-commercial interoperable web pages ---- Mathew Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just to throw this in the mix -> stop trying to control the font size! > > I dont require reading glasses (yet...), but due to weak eyesight for small > fonts and high-resolution screens causing poor font scaling, I choose to > increase the size of the default values for some fonts eg: I setup fonts to > be 150% of the page's requirements. > > Whatever design you choose, will probably not meet everyones expectations; > you can however mitigate most of the problems, by simply not using fixed > positioning. > > cheers, > Mathew Robertson > > > Christian Montoya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello list, > > > > I am currently investigating the disparities between various screen > > fonts and trying to come up with good font stacks that I can use in > > Blueprint CSS [1]. I found this page: > > > > http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/pr_font_font-size-adjust.asp > > > > which explains how Verdana and Times, for example, have different > > aspect values. One of the problems I've had with specifying font > > families is that the size of text blocks, and the overall look of a > > page, is greatly affected if the user sees it in a different font from > > the intended choice, such as Verdana vs. Lucida Grande, because the > > actual size of the font (beyond just the font-size property) is vastly > > different. A further problem is that recently common fonts such as the > > Vista font collection (Calibri, Cambria, etc.) are significantly > > smaller at the same font-size as the classic Windows fonts (Arial, > > Verdana, Georgia, Trebuchet). Ultimately the goal is to be able to set > > up a font stack with fonts that have similar aspect values, letter > > widths, spacing, etc. so that the difference from one OS or device to > > the next is minimal, but it seems that I would have to adjust the > > aspect value with CSS to make that happen. > > > > So here are my questions: > > > > - What's the support across browsers / machines for the > > font-size-adjust property? > > - Is adjusting the aspect value bad form? Is this as bad as > > letter-spacing body copy? Would this kill sheep? > > - Has anyone done this before? Is there an ideal aspect value for > > screen display? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > [1] http://blueprintcss.org > > > > -- > > -- > > Christian Montoya > > christianmontoya.net > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
