IMO/IME, best to pick Door #1. If the webmaster fiddles with the font-sizes so they look good on his DogBrowser v16, they're not gonna fit on Vistor Blx's CatBrowser v6.
Most folks with vision issues have their browser/monitor display options set for their own use. Cheryl Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > One does not NEED to use CSS. That's just another learning obstacle after > learning the basics of HTML editing. One can safely throw out any mention of > a CSS and revert back to<font size="14"> tags (or similar sizes) within the > actual HTML document. But just to be fair, the World Wide Consortium regards > the use of<font size> tags to be outdated. But then again every web browser > still supports the tag. In fact, go to the home page of LegacyFamilyTree.com > and you'll find a mix of CSS and dozens of<font size=> tags within the home > page. > > So, as mentioned, you can: > (1) just leave the created HTML pages alone and let the viewers zoom in if > they need > (2) learn a little bit of HTML and increase font size where you feel > necessary (using the<font size> tag) > (3) if you're a purist, then learn HTML and the use of CSS which allows for > easy global changes to all of your HTML pages. > > > To the OP, I'd vote for #1. > > > > Brian in CA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 7:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Webpages > > Bernie, > > As others have mentioned you need to use CSS to change the details of the > Legacy Pedigree web pages. > > At one time I used to do this manually but now LTools has a conversion tool > which changes the HTML to CSS automatically, and I can throughly recommend > this product. > > I too didn't like the font size nor the spacings and now adjust these using > LTools. > > Additional information on its use Is given in the Tutorial section of my > website, and help on all aspects of Legacy web pages can be found on LUG > Yahoo Group. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > Bernd Hornung<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is there any way to increase the font size on generated webpages? I >> feel there is too much blank space and much of the text is difficult to >> read, especially the family links on the right hand side. I've looked >> through all the tabs and cannot find any reference to fonts. >> >> I don't know how much priority this is for the programers but is one of >> the main reasons I purchased Legacy, especially with the imbedding of >> images. >> >> Thanks, Bernie >> -- >> Bernie H Blog site http://haushornung.weebly.com/ Data site >> http://www3.telus.net/hornunghouse/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
