On 2009/08/11 11:11 (GMT+0200) Michal Suchanek composed: > Once you set the DPI properly sites designed in points, mm or em > should be reasonably readable for you.
Em, yes, as long as the designer makes no assumption that the predetermined em is wrong and (arbitrarily) changes it. With pt & mm it might seem so, but it isn't. That "most people" "should" be happy with a size of Xmm or Ypt leaves it not OK for the rest. Personal computers are personalizable, which makes them at least theoretically much better than print precisely for that reason, that those who require larger or prefer smaller than most can have it, and can have it automatically work for them just as well as for the majority. With em designs far more visitors can have instantly acceptable results than with pt, mm or px designs, because it is the sole province of each visitor to determine the em that works best with his own eyes on his own hardware. > On the other hand, designing in pixels is like saying "I design this > web for my screen and I don't care the least how it looks for other > people". Unfortunately, using pt, mm or in, regardless of DPI accuracy or screen resolution, doesn't work out all that much better than px. All but em/ex leave visitors' needs and preferences totally out of the sizing equations. -- How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver. Proverbs 16:16 NKJV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
