On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:18 AM, tedd <tedd.sperl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You can set default font for the entire page in the BODY:
>>
>> body
>> {
>> font-size: 100%; /* don't use anything else for the default */
>> font-weight: normal;
>> font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
>> }
>
> You can also use em's, such as:
>
> body
> {
> font-size: 1em;
> font-weight: normal;
> font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
> }
>
> and then base everything else upon that, such as:
>
> h1
> {
> font-size: 1.3em;
> }
>
> .copyright p
> {
> font-size: 0.8em;
> }
>
> and so on.
I have developed a practice of using 100% in the body and then using
em elsewhere to set sizes.
Such as:
body {
font-size: 100%; /* base my size on user default */
font-weight: normal;
font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
}
h1 {
font-size: 1.3em;
}
I have vague memories of doing this because the percentage handled a
glitch in one browser or another. Can't recall the details now. Is
this a case of age invented memories, or was there such a
consideration at one time that made the % in body a good idea even if
one had a personal preference for em in the rest of the style sheet?
Claude
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