----- Original Message ---- > From: Michal Suchanek <hramr...@centrum.cz> > > 2009/8/11 Felix Miata : > > > 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. > > The difference is that with pt preferences like Windows' "Large fonts" > apply. With pixels the page is completely cemented to certain number > of pixels. Fortunately browsers at least tend to scale up the pages > when printing. Imagine those 16px letters on 1200dpi printouts.
I hate to skew the discussion by introducing another variable, but while it is true that a layout designed using px for sizing is essentially cemented in that size, all of the modern browsers I have seen now emphasize page zooming over text scaling. So it is certainly true that a user may choose to increase or decrease the font-size locally, I consider that out of my control and by doing so, the user accepts that a layout may not hold together as well as it was originally designed. However, if a user has poor eyesight, for example, and wants larger text, they can use the page zoom features of the browser to safely increase or decrease the zoom and NOT impact the layout of the page at all. I understand the argument from a purist perspective, usability should be first and foremost in any design and/or layout, but realistically, I don't see this as a practical issue given the more common usage of page zooming over the now declining exposure of any sort of text scaling behavior in modern browsers. How long do we design or build in support for what is essentially becoming a deprecated behavior? -- -Sam ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
