Michael Adams wrote:

> I have in this last week come across the idea that the last word on 
> web site design perhaps should be given to the typographer, not the 
> graphics designer. This is probably a concept that you CSS Gurus are
>  familiar with, but it is new to me.

Graphic designers can ruin any web design in their attempt to make it
"perfect". It pays to expose designs to real-world challenges - before
they are released.

> It may also be one that i was unknowingly using given that my 
> websites are mainly using WCAG techniques within the markup and CSS 
> (the issue i am raising here is an accessibility one of setting body
>  font at 100% with all other font settings in Ems). It is the
> graphics designer in us all that want's to reduce the font size
> because we feel it makes the page look tidier.

I think one may be allowed to ask: "tidier in who's browser?"
Your accessible font-size settings look reasonable. However, I've seen
so many layouts blow apart in my browsers, that I'll just throw in my
thoughts on the issue, for good measure...

<http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_1_03_04.html>

regards
        Georg
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http://www.gunlaug.no
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