snak detek+0r wrote:

>> Index and all inside pages: Neither Opera or The IEs are capable of
>>  scaling line-height set in pixels. Try a raw number for 
>> line-height.
> 
> wow. didn't even know i could do that. the w3 site doesn't even 
> mention that you can use px, but everyone and their mom seem to, 
> including ALA, some grid-layout people, etc. sheesh. i normally use 
> em, when starting from scratch, but apparently that's wrong too?

No, 'em' for line-height isn't wrong. The resulting line-height is just
calculated different from when raw numbers are used.

For line-height:'em' values gives line-heights based on actual font-size
for an element's parent, which is ok if that's what you want. When raw
numbers (no unit) are used, line-height is calculated from actual
font-size of the element itself, which in most cases gives the best result.

>> Index: Minimum font-size 24px breaks the h-nav and does a little 
>> number on the text in right column.
> 
> i'm not sure what you mean by this? i don't have any fonts nearly 
> that big. and i also couldn't see what you're talking about in 
> ff/chrome. today i got ahold of ie6, and still didn't see it.

David is referring to a browser setting - 'minimum font size' option -
that some end-users set to resize text on _all_ sites...
<http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_1_03_04.html>
<http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_additions_37.html>
...without having to bother with resizing or zooming on individual sites.

Observations across the web indicates that few web designers know
about, or test for, this option. The result is that many sites break
under the stress of browsers' 'minimum font size'.

(Note: Fx 3+ resizes text more or less like Safari does for the 'minimum
font size' option in most but apparently not in all cases. Google Chrome
doesn't seem to have this option.)

regards
        Georg
-- 
http://www.gunlaug.no
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