> With a default browser install - no settings altered - which the vast > majority of users will be using, that size is very small and a large > majority of users don't know they CAN do something about the size of > text they are seeing. I reserve that size for disclaimers and > copyright lines, and even then some would argue that it's too small > for those things too.
Seems absolutely fair and valid to me. :) > > If we allow the user to zoom, > > You don't have any choice. > > and if we allow the user to use its own > > font-size that she/he feels/needs > > Again, you don't have any choice. I will rephrase, I believe we have the choice to allowed properly or ignore it. So, If we give the change to the user to properly zoom in our site contents... > > like, what are the consequences of using > > small fonts like 0.75em, instead of 0.85em ? > > > > > Like, some users may not be able to read it. > This does not mean the world will end if you use. > > And as mentioned two or three times over the past year or so, a rule of > thumb some authors use to set fonts is: > Primary content 100%. > Secondary content 95%. > Tertiary content 90%. I've just read an article on Felix Miata website that show us several options and defenders of each option on the bibliography part. Very nice. I cannot dig in on the subject right know, it's to many key concepts (resolution, dpi, screen size), that I can't follow all of a sudden. From a very simplistic point of view, I realize that the site, on 0.75em is still capable of being seen on lower resolutions, I can see them properly as well, I'm sure not a ruler, and sure the measures can't be done using my own eyes as ruler, still, I'm on a not that usual 1680x1050 screen resolution and, I'm supposing the site visitors will not have so high resolutions as well. (I can stop supposing and actually find it but, unfortunately, I know no statistics about this subjects.) Despite all assumptions, suppositions, believes, and so on, I can just agree that a site that follow 100% / 95% / 90% and as a nice contrast, is more comfortable to read than any other. (except, if that site is seen on a very low resolution. (to many unpleasant/unpractical scroll bars may arrive)). I will have that into consideration and discuss it with the designer on our future layouts. Still, a statistic report on target resolution monitors, would be very VERY handy. :D? Thanks again, Márcio ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
