On Wed, February 18, 2009 3:58 pm, Ron Koster wrote: > I understand what you're saying, but specifying > font sizes in pixels *does* guarantee that things > will look *proportionally* the same, regardless > of browser/platform. If I specify my font sizes as: > > 9px, 14px, 23px, 37px, etc. > > ...then that's what they'll be, no matter what > resolution, browser or platform the user is on, > and things will all look *proportionally* exactly > how I want them. With that said, however, I do > understand all the issues with using px instead > of percentages (or em) -- but again, this is just my frustration.
Pixels in CSS don't mean what you think they mean: they are relative units, and aren't necessarily the same thing as the device pixels I suspect you have in mind: <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#length-units> Even if you specify your font sizes in pixels, every browser other than IE will scale them up if the user hits Ctrl+ (and down with Ctrl-). In addition, a user who has set their minimum font size to be, say, 16px won't see your 9px and 14px text at those sizes. Regards, Nick. -- Nick Fitzsimons http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
