2009/3/13 Michael Stevens <bigm...@bigmikes.org>:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jukka K. Korpela [mailto:jkorp...@cs.tut.fi]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:23 PM
> To: CSS discuss
> Subject: Re: [css-d] Font size dilemma
>
> Leave aside the font-size, as a CSS property, or as a propery of a font, for
> a moment. What those people want is not small font size but small letters.
> Then you could set, say,
>
> body { font-family: Calibri, Vrinda, sans-serif; }
> * { line-height: 1.2; }
>
> The point is that Calibri and Vrinda have letters that are small with
> respect to the font size, so the text looks considerably smaller than, say,
> Arial of the same size. Either of these fonts is available on the great
> majority of computers, and regarding others, let's hope their sans-serif
> pleases the user.
>
I have neither Calibri nor Vrinda installed on my machine so with that
fontstack
I would see your site in the browser default sans-serif font and would also see
your 1.2 line height.
> --
>
> Working in the Graphic Design field I've seen and heard of a lot of fonts.
> Calibri I have but do not have installed all the time and use it maybe a
> couple times a month. And I've never heard of Vrinda. Because of the
> inherent problems with calling out REAL typefaces I rarely do it. A few
> exceptions might be:
>
> {font-family: Helvetica, Helvetica55, "Helvetica 55", HelveticaNeue, Helv,
> Swiss721, Swiss721BT, Arial, Arial, sans-serif;}
With this font stack I'd get to Swiss721BT before Arial.
> {font-family: Garamond, GarmondITC, "Garamond ITC", ITCGaramond, "ITC
> Garamond", Gatineau, serif;}
I have a "Garamond Premier Pro" font installed but browsers on my machine might
go to the default serif font on this stack.
> {font-family: Palatino, PalatinoLinotype, "Palatino Linotype", "Book
> Antiqua", PalmSprings, "Palm Springs", serif;}
>
I'd pick up the Palatino Linotype option here.
> But I usually only define them as serif or sans-serif. Less worrying that
> way...
Although two fonts may be classified as serif or sans-serif there is
a lot more to fonts which has to be taken into account for one to be considered
a substitute for another. I'm certainly not au fait with that yet.
I have therefore tend to use the default families.b
>
> Your theory is an interesting one, though.
Regards
L.
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