perhaps I misstated earlier.
I set html{font-size:16px} so that all subsequent elements have the font-size
1em. Doing so guarantees that a 60em width is also 960px.
I don't over-ride a user's ability to zoom (ctrl + , ctrl -). This simply means
that the widest base of users can read the text without zooming, and if they do
zoom, the layout doesn't break.
Though I can see your point that if a user has changed their default
font-settings, they may be frustrated. Perhaps I'll take that into
consideration and not include any absolute values for the font-size at the HTML
element.
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On Nov 10, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
>
>
> Paceaux wrote:
>
>> most of the time, I actually set html{font-size: 16px} so I can guarantee
>> the font size and a width of 960px.
>
> Why do you /want/ to guarantee the font size ? Surely
> the user is the best judge of the size at which he or
> she likes to read things, and therefore you should respect
> that judgement rather than seeking to circumvent it.
>
> Philip Taylor
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