Ollie Harridge wrote: > ive built a site which is being translated into about 20 languages. ive sent > the site files to all the countries and a web design agency in Holland have > replied to me telling me that the site breaks in thier browser because their > default font size in Windows is set as 120%. As i understand it this is the > default setting in Holland (for some unknown reason). > here is a screenshot of the dutch display adapter setting > http://www.digerati-uk.com/dpi/dpi1.gif > heres a screenshot of mine (uk) > http://www.digerati-uk.com/dpi/dpi2.gif > as a result, the columns wrap to accommodate the larger font size > has anyone else experienced this problem?
This is one expected effect of setting no font sizes, or setting your sizes relative to the user's preference. It is about as typical an effect of user customization as you'll find, even though as you describe it as a Dutch thing it isn't users who have implemented it. You would see exactly the same effect from changing your Firefox default from its initial 16px to 20px, just as I have done to keep fonts big enough to suit me at 1280x960. The larger fonts and wrapping you see because IE does not default to 16px. IE defaults to 12pt. It is only because the default doze DPI is 96 that most IE users see 12pt as 16px, but changing the DPI up by 25% produces exactly the expected effect, enlarging the 12pt default by 25% to 20px. Browsers that offer default size as pt (as word processors do) rather than px will all behave this way, but most Gecko browsers are not among them. One reason some browsers set a default in px instead of pt for a preference/default is that pt is more granular, particularly as DPI increases. Px gives users finer control, a greater ability to find that just right setting they want. -- "Love your neighbor as yourself." Mark 12:31 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
