John wrote:
>
> On May 19, 2010, at 12:00 PM, David Laakso wrote:
>
>> body {font: /*11px Verdana,*/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
>> margin: 0; padding: 0;background: rgb(200,200,200); color: black;}
>>
>> img {border: 1px solid fuchsia; display : block; max-width: 96%; height:
>> auto;}
>>
>> Best,
>> ~d
>
>
>
> thanks to all for the great suggestions. For now, I whacked the width
> of that 1200 px wide image, but want to visit the code suggestions
> made, including this bit above from the body declaration:
>
> /*11px Verdana,*/100% - looks like you commented out 11px Verdana,
> then added 100%..this is applied to all fonts, and indicates the size
> OF the fonts?
>
>
> John
>
>
>
It is /a suggestion/ to set the content text at user default rather than
at your personal preference. If it were set in pixels at default it
would be 16px (but IE users have to jump through hoops -- put the
browser in accessibility mode -- to scale fonts set in pixels using the
5 font-size settings). And if it were set in em at default it would be
1em, in which case you would need to set font-size 100% on html, in
order to defeat an IE font-scaling bug.
Verdana was ditched because it is pug ugly -- particularly at default or
greater than default.
Most people ignore what I write about typography: do whatever does it
for you and yours.
Best,
~d
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