At 08:03 AM 2/18/2009 -0600, Cheryl D Wise wrote: >Where did you get 14px as the "recommended size for general readability"? > >I've been creating websites since 1993 and never recall seeing that size >mentioned.
That's basically when I started, too, and then I was on webdesign-l for many years (indeed, I was on it *before* it even started!), and that's essentially where I got it from. I really wish I had some URLs for you, but I can't seem to find any references in searching my own email "archives". I do recall quite distinctly, however, that that figure (14px) was arrived at through various research done by some universities and stuff -- and, at *that* time (when CSS first arrived on the scene), there was also some legitimate reasoning for choosing px over em or %, too. Indeed, this was a BIG thing back at that time, with virtually "everyone in the know" insisting to go with 14px, and indeed there were various studies that could be pointed to for reference (I just don't know what/where they are any more -- sorry). And so, I took that well-researched, well-heeded advice, and for the next 10 years I did everything in a way that would ultimately prove to be wrong (in the long run -- although who knows where we'll be in another 10 years???). Ron :/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] 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/
