Re: [WSG] Font-size 62.5% problem

[Felix Miata]

On 2007/07/01 23:40 (GMT+0100) Paul Collins apparently typed:

> I seem to be having trouble assigning the font-size:62.5%

Please note that if and when you do get it fixed to your liking, it
won't be to the liking of normal web users[1], particularly those who
employ a Gecko minimum font size, or user styles that override 'body
{font-size: 62.5%}'[2].

[1]
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/font-size
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html
http://www.informationarchitects.jp/100e2r?v=4
http://www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/top-10/
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/fontsize.html
http://www.cameratim.com/personal/soapbox/morons-in-webspace

[2]
http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/SS/Clagnut/eonsSS.html
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[WSG] Footer Problem IE5.x

[Sarah Peeke (XERT)]

Hello All,

I have been having two (2) problems with IE5.x and my footer.

1. Cannot get the horizontal background image to extend far enough to
the right (it should extend as far as the top nav image does).

2. If I don't include a dreaded hack in my css (which I'd really like to
remove because my style sheet doesn't validate) the bottom graphics and
copyright info float to the right of the navigation.

If anyone has a minute, please refer:

URL: 
CSS: 

Many thanks
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Re: [WSG] Font-size 62.5% problem

[Nick Gleitzman]

Jermayn Parker wrote:

personally I have always had trouble with percentages and hence only 
use em's

Maybe if you switch over to all em's it may help.


There's been frequent discussions here in the past on this topic - and 
the consensus is that ems are good *once* you've set a size on the body 
using a percentage - but don't get Felix started on any value other 
than 100%... ;o)


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RE: [WSG] Font-size 62.5% problem

[Kepler Gelotte]

> I seem to be having trouble assigning the font-size:62.5%; property to
> the body of my document. Basically, it doesn't seem to be working and
> I can't figure out why. The font stays slightly larger than 11px, when
> I set it to 1.1em. this has worked fine on other sites, so not sure
> why it isn't working here. Any ideas?


I took your CSS and added it to a 

Re: [WSG] Font-size 62.5% problem

[Jermayn Parker]

personally I have always had trouble with percentages and hence only use
em's
Maybe if you switch over to all em's it may help.



On 7/2/07, Paul Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hi all,

I seem to be having trouble assigning the font-size:62.5%; property to
the body of my document. Basically, it doesn't seem to be working and
I can't figure out why. The font stays slightly larger than 11px, when
I set it to 1.1em. this has worked fine on other sites, so not sure
why it isn't working here. Any ideas?




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[WSG] Font-size 62.5% problem

[Paul Collins]

Hi all,

I seem to be having trouble assigning the font-size:62.5%; property to
the body of my document. Basically, it doesn't seem to be working and
I can't figure out why. The font stays slightly larger than 11px, when
I set it to 1.1em. this has worked fine on other sites, so not sure
why it isn't working here. Any ideas?

Here is the CSS:

/* BODY STYLES */
body {margin:0; padding:0; color:#FFF; font-size:62.5%; background:#EAE7E7;}
* {font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}

#leftPanel {width:204px; float:left; font-size:1.1em;}

/* CONTENT */
#content {width:543px; w\idth:503px; font-size:1.2em; float:left;
text-align:left; padding:0 23px 30px 17px;}


Here is the HTML

http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";>
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>


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