On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> wrote:
> > > Sent from losPhone > > > On Jul 26, 2014, at 6:57 PM, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > On 2014-07-26 18:29 (GMT-0400) Karl DeSaulniers composed: > > > >>>>>> I usually go px on the body and % everywhere else. > > > >>>>> Why does px on body seems like a good idea for users? > > > >>>> It's actually a method I learned online... > > > > As is often the case where a page is trying to make it easy for > stylists, which in this paradigm translates to hard on users. > > > >>> Screen readers care about font size ? > > > >> No users do. > > > > That's precisely why CSS for the public web should never size text in > px. Sizing text in px means the optimal base size determined by each user, > as embodied in his browser default size, is totally disregarded, > tyrannically usurped if you will, which is rude. > > -- > > Hmm looks like you're right. I was worried about screen readers zooming > not users setting the browser font. So use ems as the body font size and % > elsewhere. I just tried switching the base font in Firefox and it did what > you said and didn't let me. So I'd agree now that px as a base font may not > be ideal. I tried em as the body font-size and % else where and it still > worked like I wanted and let me set the optimal font in Firefox. So I will > be switching to ems as the body font-size. Thanks all. > > I set body to 100%. Size elements - minimally - with rems. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@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/
