Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust

On Thursday 2007-05-17 14:18 -0400, Sam Carter wrote: > Wouldn't it make more sense to simply enable or disable font-size-adjust? > > What am I missing? I tried to explain this a bit better in http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/CSS:font-size-adjust The basic idea is that when you specify fon

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust

On 5/17/07, Susan Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't been able to find a reference that lists the "perceived size" of > the variety of system fonts so adjustments can be calculated. Do you know > if there is one? I'd like to look further into this. Perceived size was my relatively la

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust

My understanding of the functionality is that it overrides the default > behavior which would be as follows: > > body{ font-size 10px Verdana, "Times New Roman"; } > > In this case, if Verdana were not available, the font chosen would be > Times New Roman at 10px. By using the font-size-adjust, y

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust

On 5/17/07, Sam Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The example given clearly shows that the browser "knows" the x-height of > "Times New Roman" to do the calculation. I don't see why a CSS coder should > > "need" to code the x-height of the first font, Verdana? > > Wouldn't it make more sense to

[css-d] font-size-adjust

font-size-adjust is supposed to specify the aspect ratio of the first font in a family... e.g. font-family: Verdana, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-size-adjust: 0.58; In "Cascading Style Sheets", Second Edition, by Hakon Wium Lie and Bert Bos., the discussion of font-size-adjus

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust:.58;

On 7/6/05, Guillaume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Too bad... I don't know why the W3C has dropped this property as it is > very usefull... > I think this property is working on Ie Pc... Someone should run a test. > Because CSS 2.1 is an attempt to create a spec which is a "working snapshot"

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust:.58;

BTW, I will test the support of font-size-adjust by Firefox, as suggested by CSS-Guru David Baron. Works in FF Pc only, not on Mac. I did not test it for other browsers on Pc yet.. I've build up a page to test this property and add a list o

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust:.58;

It sounds great. Send me the list of browsers, you have tested with a positive result, please. I've tested it locally on a Mac, all these latest browser version's fail to apply the font-size-adjust property: Camino Firebird Firefox Safari Opera Icab Camino Shiira SunriseBrowser Omniweb Ie

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust:.58;

On 5 Jul 2005, at 2:11 pm, L. David Baron wrote: There have been some experiments with this in the early days of CSS-D But no browsers support this *at all*. 'font-size-adjust' is supported by Mozilla (and thus Firefox) on Windows, but

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust:.58;

On Tuesday 2005-07-05 12:30 +0900, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > There have been some experiments with this in the early days of CSS-D > > But no browsers support this *at all*. 'font-size-adjust' is supported by Mozilla (and thus Firefox) o

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust:.58;

On 5 Jul 2005, at 10:21 am, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Guillaume wrote: If you look at the doc provided by the W3C and compare the two examples they provide, especially the second, where they use the font-size-adjust property, it

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust:.58;

Guillaume wrote: If you look at the doc provided by the W3C and compare the two examples they provide, especially the second, where they use the font-size-adjust property, it is amazing how you can "stabilize the horizontal me

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust:.58;

Works for me in all major browsers Mac and Pc ( Opera, Safari, FF, Ie, Omniweb ) although i did not do some acid test on this property ( did not test it in every situation on every browser / platform with a magnifying glass in my right hand... ) Seems the W3C uses this property for ages: look at

Re: [css-d] font-size-adjust:.58;

Guillaume schrieb: > > > Hi there, > > I'd like to share / ask this question i've been thinking of for a long > time... > It's about using the *font-size-adjust* property, specifying a x-height > factor for whole or parts of fonts used in a document. > Here is the W3C doc >

[css-d] font-size-adjust:.58;

Hi there, I'd like to share / ask this question i've been thinking of for a long time... It's about using the *font-size-adjust* property, specifying a x-height factor for whole or parts of fonts used in a document. Here is the W3C doc