At 04:08 PM 2/18/2009 +0000, Nick Fitzsimons wrote:
>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-).

Ugh. I'm on the verge of just giving up, surrendering defeat, selling 
my computer, and just making hand-bound books, printed using ink and 
moveable metal type. %}

>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.

Actually, that's another issue I've been meaning to bring up here -- 
I'm not there yet, and I'll get back to that!

On the verge of giving up, but not just yet...

Ron ;)

Woof?... http://www.Psymon.com
Ach, du Leni!... http://www.Riefenstahl.org
Hmm... http://www.Imaginary-Friend.ca

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