[css-d] The definitive truth about Internet Explorer default text size settings

2005-09-28 Thread Donna Casey
can someone point me to a page that is 1) true, 2) reliable, and recognizably authorative, and 3) that says what the default settings are for Internet Explorer browsers - as in ViewText SizeLargest, Larger, Medium, Smaller, Small? I'm in a heated debate with a company for whom I do a lot of

Re: [css-d] The definitive truth about Internet Explorer default text size settings

2005-09-28 Thread David Laakso
Donna Casey wrote: can someone point me to a page that is 1) true, 2) reliable, and recognizably authorative, and 3) that says what the default settings are for Internet Explorer browsers - as in ViewText SizeLargest, Larger, Medium, Smaller, Small? I'm in a heated debate with a company for

Re: [css-d] The definitive truth about Internet Explorer default text size settings

2005-09-28 Thread Felix Miata
Donna Casey wrote: can someone point me to a page that is 1) true, 2) reliable, and recognizably authorative, and 3) that says what the default settings are for Internet Explorer browsers - as in ViewText SizeLargest, Larger, Medium, Smaller, Small? I'm in a heated debate with a company

Re: [css-d] The definitive truth about Internet Explorer default text size settings

2005-09-28 Thread Donna Casey
Felix Miata wrote: Medium on IE is always 12pt BTW. **yes, roughly 16px if you calculate the difference between windows and macintosh (default 16px) Exactly why is it you need to gauge size in pixel amounts? Then sizing can be calculated easier. 1.2em in a container that inherits the

Re: [css-d] The definitive truth about Internet Explorer default text size settings

2005-09-28 Thread Donna Casey
Rick Faircloth wrote: I looked into that by simply installing IE fresh to see what it set up by default for text size, because I new most users would never change it and wanted to match my default font size to look its best with that setting. It defaulted to Medium... yes, the guy has since

Re: [css-d] The definitive truth about Internet Explorer default text size settings

2005-09-28 Thread Dejan Kozina
I've used Eudora Light (3.0.6) for ca. 6 years both at home and work without any such effect on IE 4/5/5.5/6/6SP1... djn Donna Casey wrote: that indicate that if you have Eudora email, a glitch causes the default of the IE browser to set to Smaller. -- Dejan Kozina Dolina 346 (TS) -

Re: [css-d] The definitive truth about Internet Explorer default text size settings

2005-09-28 Thread Donna Casey
Dejan Kozina wrote: I've used Eudora Light (3.0.6) for ca. 6 years both at home and work without any such effect on IE 4/5/5.5/6/6SP1... Eudora4x bug __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [css-d] The definitive truth about Internet Explorer default text size settings

2005-09-28 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Donna Casey wrote: ..625em (62.5%) of (12pt)16px is 10px. If a containing block uses that font-size, from there, it's dead easy to reset that #foo p to what it would be normally at medium by setting it to 1.6em. If I set something to 1.2em, I know it's 12px. The math is just easier and it works