On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:19:31 -0600 Came this utterance fomulated by Peter Hyde-Smith to my mailbox:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <css-d@lists.css-discuss.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:12 PM > Subject: Re: [css-d] how to get rid of scroll bar? > > > > On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:01:19 -0600 > > Came this utterance fomulated by Peter Hyde-Smith to my mailbox: > > > >> > > [snip] > >> > >> IMO, you've got a ton of CSS; maybe want to more distinctly > >separate> basic layout CSS from fiddley-bits. Also, recommend setting > >font-size> in % instead of fixed pixels, for browser friendly > >resizing.> > > Hence, Michael's erudite response... > > > Setting all font sizes in % is not recommended. nested table cells, > > paragraphs, lists or blockquotes inherit their font size then apply > > the percent again, so you can get 66% of 66% or 44% as a result. > > > > Michael: > > I should have been more specific. From an accessibilty/usibilty > standpoint this delcaration of Bill's CSS > http://www.shopkeepers-r.us/stylesheets/application.css?1225143428, > > body, p, ol, ul, td { > font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; > font-size: 13px; > line-height: 18px; > } > > may be better served in part, > > body {font: 100%/1.4 verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;} > > with child elements served in ems (or just left alone). I've been down > the road of nested %'s. It's confusing and ugly. > Which is precisely the way that i do it. The only exception i make is not using Verdana at 100%. The large x-height can make it look ugly at 'normal' sizes, when it was designed to look good at smaller sizes. Of course this is subjective. http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/verdana.html -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
