Thanks for reviewing the code.To clarify: 1) Points, like picas, are an absolute real-world measurements best used in print. Ems, percentages, and pixels are better suited for digital display. 2) The /1.23 indicates the line height (I think in the default ems). If you would like to see more shorthand syntax explained, here is a good read: http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200502/efficient_css_with_shorthand_properties/
The reason this even exists in the reset is to do just that: normalize all browsers to a base font-size of 13 pixels and line-height of 1.23, so everything is predictably relative to those numbers. These numbers are from the YUI CSS guys, and have decided those the best numbers to suite their content + audiences. We could always talk about whether ours need something different. Hope that helps, Jacob On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Anastasia Cheetham <[email protected]>wrote: > > I've reviewed these two FSS springboards, and I think they're ok for now. > We will need some wiki tutorials to go with them, but those can be created > after code freeze, and I do think the springboards will want a bit more work > for the next release. > > I do have one question for Jacob: > > In my browsers (FF2 & FF3 on Mac, FF2, FF3, IE6, IE7 on Windows), the font > seems awfully small. I note that in fluid.reset.css, the first rule says > > body {font:13px/1.231... > > While I don't understand the "/1.231" I note that it says "px" and I > thought it odd that a font size is specified in pixels instead of points? > > I'm certainly very limited in my CSS knowledge, and there may be a perfect > explanation for this, but is it possible this is a typo, and it's supposed > to be "pt"? > > If this change should be made, I'd recommend we push it through this > weekend, but I quite honestly defer to the CSS guru, Jacob, for the > judgement. > > -- > Anastasia Cheetham [email protected] > Software Designer, Fluid Project http://fluidproject.org > Adaptive Technology Resource Centre / University of Toronto > > -- Jacob Farber University of Toronto - ATRC Tel: (416) 946-3002 www.fluidproject.org
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