On 2006/11/09 20:17 (GMT-0500) ~davidLaakso apparently typed:

>> I'm trying to get font sizing consistent between IE6 and Firefox.
>> Unfortunately our CMS writes two HTML comments before the DOCTYPE 
>> declaration on each page, throwing IE into quirksmode. This means that the 
>> default text is too large on IE and much too small on Firefox.

> I don't understand that at all. There should be no difference in the 
> font size in IE6.0 and compliant browsers regardless of the doctype. Are 
> you sure you you are not in IE6.0 'accessibility' mode with "ignore  
> font sizes"  checked?  Are you sure text size "medium" is checked in IE6.0?

Quirks mode = IE5/5.5 emulation mode (bigger fonts):
http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/IE/absolute-sizes-IE5.html
http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/IE/absolute-sizes-IE6.html
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